Will numbers be recorded when people are turned away from polling stations for lack of ID, including those checked by meeters and greeters outside?

How many people initially unable to vote because of lack of ID were able to return and vote? Also, was voter ID recommended by the Electoral Commission for England in 2015? Is it required elsewhere too?

Colleagues will have been dismayed to learn that fewer than 90,000 of the up to 2 million people without appropriate ID have applied for a voter authority certificate. The Minister talks of experts, but all the experts—the Electoral Commission, the Association of Electoral Administrators, the Local Government Association—begged the Government not to introduce voter ID for the May elections because there was not enough time. Ministers did not listen, and this is the consequence. Whose advice is right? Will people who are turned away by someone outside a polling station who asked whether they had appropriate ID count as people who have been denied a vote, or will they not?

I must tell the Minister that I am very uncomfortable with this policy. She is right to say that Tower Hamlets and other parts of the country are having problems, but they are principally about postal votes rather than personation. We have had one conviction in a decade in this context. The Electoral Commission said that the pilot was not big enough for conclusions to be drawn, although there was a reduction of up to 6% in turnout. In Northern Ireland, which the Minister cited, there was, according to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, a 2.3% reduction. I am afraid the hon. Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) had a valid point. Will the Minister please write to everyone, not just the hon. Gentleman, giving proper answers to his questions?

I am sure the Minister did not intend to give inaccurate information when she said that all Conservative candidates and campaigns have been giving out correct information. A leaflet went out in Norfolk saying that people do not need photographic ID, so they clearly failed to pass on the correct information there. Given that local councils, this place and politicians at all levels are disproportionately white, non-disabled, older and non-trans, what assessment have the Government made of the impact that requiring voter ID will have on the representativeness of democracy in these isles?

Mask wearers are to be required to remove their mask. Will the Government issue reassuring advice, drawing attention to the WhatsApp messages of the right hon. Member for West Suffolk (Matt Hancock) revealing that masks do not work, have no evidential base and were introduced only as a means of keeping up with the ultras in Scotland?

For this set of elections, bearing in mind they are taking place only in England, the Electoral Commission tells me that 250,000 to 350,000 people should have applied for a voter ID certificate. At the deadline, just 85,000 had been issued, despite the estimated £4 million advertising spend. Given that less than a third of voters requiring voter ID applied for this certificate, does the Minister accept that voter suppression has already occurred?

Does my hon. Friend agree that this is typical flip-flopping from Labour Members, who are now campaigning to repeal laws that they introduced in Northern Ireland in 2003?

As the Local Government Association indicated earlier this month, and as the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Cat Smith) has reiterated, there are significant practical problems for polling clerks. Meanwhile, the chief executive of the Association of Electoral Administrators has said that discussions are taking place with the police for extra resources on polling day. With a week to go, can the Minister confirm whether enough polling clerks have been recruited and whether additional police resources have been secured to support the additional burden next Thursday? What strain will this place on police services?

Some elderly constituents have contacted me to say that they know they need voter ID next week and they look forward to their trip to the polling station. Will my hon. Friend confirm what types of voter ID will be acceptable on the day?

Let us get back to what is really going on here this morning. One week before these important elections, this Minister has turned up in the House of Commons to answer an urgent question to which she does not know the answer and has offered to write to Members of Parliament. That is utterly unacceptable.

Inquired about alleged vote rigging against younger people due to new voter ID regulations, questioning if demographic data of those turned away will be recorded.

Asked about the training of those monitoring voter ID compliance, specifically for outdated photos on proof of identity.

Pressed the Minister about cases of voter impersonation leading to police cautions, questioning the rationale behind new regulations.

Inquired about the necessity for recording individuals turned away by greeters outside polling stations.

Asked whether lower turnout would be considered a success or failure for voter ID implementation.

Inquired about understanding differences between universal suffrage elections and internal party elections.

Pressed for clarity on whether those turned away outside polling stations are recorded in data.

Requested urgent measures for immunocompromised individuals who may face health risks at polling stations.

Asked about the number of people in Wirral West expected to be unable to vote due to lack of photo ID.

Inquired about safety measures for volunteers and local authority officers, and suggested placing an officer outside polling stations to collect data.

Suggested emergency measures for people without ID to create temporary identification at polling stations.

The MP criticises the minister's performance as inept, highlighting concerns about voter disenfranchisement and the Norfolk Tory leaflet incident which suggests voter fraud.

Apologises for missing earlier statements and asks when data will be published regarding voter ID requirements, requesting it within 28 days of 4 May.

Thanks the Minister and references Northern Ireland’s experience with voter ID requirements. Asks if out-of-date IDs should be accepted as sufficient photo ID for voting.