Amendment summary
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon moved amendment 52, in clause 15, page 9, line 16, at end to insert: “(2A) The list of principles must include a requirement that every provider: (a) provides all eligible students with the opportunity to opt in to be added to the electoral register through the process of enrolling with that provider, and (b) enters into a data sharing agreement with the local electoral registration officer to add eligible students to the electoral register. (2B) For the purposes of subsection (2A): (a) a “data sharing agreement” is an agreement between the higher education provider and their local authority whereby the provider shares the: (i) name, (ii) address, (iii) nationality, (iv) date of birth, and (v) national insurance data, of all eligible students enrolling or enrolled (or both) with the provider who opt in under subsection (2A)(a); (b) “eligible” means those persons who are: (i) entitled to vote in accordance with section 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, and (ii) a resident in the same local authority as the higher education provider. (2C) Subsection (2A) does not apply to the Open University and other distance learning institutions.”