Change to law, ending 20-year battle by 100-year-old Harry Shindler, passes critical stage in Lords
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Although he (Harry Shindler) received a letter from Boris Johnson last year promising him that the Tories would finally deliver on their promise, he was not confident the bill would get through the parliamentary schedule.
The relevant clauses in the elections bill passed the committee stage in the House of Lords after amendments on the issue were debated but withdrawn. The bill will proceed to the report stage, where it is scrutinised for any legal loopholes, before returning to the House of Commons for a final vote.