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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democratic Participation. Chair: @NickyMorgan01. Secretariat: @BiteTheBallot. Email: [email protected]

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Pleased to announce the release of the '5 Steps Forward' report, which was produced by @ClearViewStats: https://t.co/2lMf1cWIHE #5Steps

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Our recommendations for party manifestos at #GE2017 - 10 steps for ensuring the UK is a truly inclusive democracy https://t.co/HW3EpSvaI1

[Professor Toby James @TobySJames]

Too late for #GE2017 – but now universities will have to play a role in registering students to vote https://t.co/NGSdzsIRnm @BiteTheBallot

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🔴 Great to see positive step towards recommendation 3 of #MissingMillions on student voter reg, now enshrined in law via HE + Research Bill!

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Great to see @ElectoralCommUK call for automatically registering attainers when they receive their NI numbers! https://t.co/dL4G6r8MVu

[John Bird @johnbirdswords]

400K voters who're homeless, in hostels or sofa-surfing shouldn't need access to a printer to participate in democracy @Rob_Merrick @appgDP https://t.co/RxR9zDf1Jy

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Video of Lord Young giving HMG's response to @LabourRoyall's amendment on student voter registration
https://t.co/j2RjfNoXs4

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Video of @LabourRoyall's speech introducing her amendment on student voter registration last night
https://t.co/S7jWyCXyej

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The amendment now moves back to the House of Commons. Thank you for following tweets tonight, videos of key speeches to follow shortly

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And the amendment has been passed! 200 content, 189 not content

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.@LabourRoyall has pushed the amendment to a vote. Back soon with a result!

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.@LabourRoyall: "My Lords I think we have a duty to ensure the maximum amount of students are registered to vote"

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.@LabourRoyall: I'm grateful to the noble lord, the minister, but I have to say the list of initiatives...are piecemeal"

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Lord Young now outlining government position on the amendment - video to follow!

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Lord Judd" It is simply unacceptable in the electoral system to have universities where this is being done and some where it isn't"

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Lord Judd now up

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Lord Lexden: "The campaign for increased registration needs sustained cross-party support - all parties must...be in this together"

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Lord Lexden: "The whole house agrees that all possible means should be employed to get young people on the electoral register"

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Lord Lexden now up

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Baroness Garden: "Analysis from the Electric Commission shows that certain demographics...are in particular danger of having low reg. nums"

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Baroness Garden now up