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Amendments 1, 4 and 9 to 11 are technical amendments. Section 26(2) applies the definitions of terms in the Representation of the People Act 1983 to the same terms when they are used in part 1 of the bill.
We are just doing that, and we hope that the document will go out to public consultation next week at the latest. The situation has moved on a little bit.
The second reason is that there are intractable problems with the take-up of means-tested benefits. In my paper, I have used the latest statistics available from the Office for National Statistics.
I am delighted that Lewis Shand Smith is with me today, as he takes the lead responsibility in the local government field. He visited all 32 local authorities—I visited almost all of them.