I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his Bill. I think it does have some good points.

With the hon. Gentleman give way?

My hon. Friend makes a pertinent and important point.

Of course, Sir Christopher. In response to the intervention, I would say a couple of things. First, the hon.

My constituency of Woking was one of the areas that had a voter ID pilot, and I think it is fair to say that it was the strictest of them

I would make two points in response to that.

The hon. Lady mentioned Northern Ireland a moment ago.

The hon.

I am pleased about the overall reduction but, as the Minister says, there is now a cohort of perhaps more difficult offenders.

I am encouraged by a lot of what the Minister has said and I urge him to keep up the good work in his Department and with these institut