On top of this, it erodes the independence of the Electoral Commission. Clause 12 sets out the commission needs to follow the strategy and policy statement of the Westminster Government. This sets out priorities on electoral matters and principles that the commission are expected to operate and then have their performance measured against that statement created by the Westminster Government. In fact, the Electoral Commission is funded and formally accountable to all Parliaments on these islands. The Westminster Government should not be able to dictate to the commission what it can and cannot do.

For a party founded on the principles of limited Government, the increasingly encroaching state on public bodies seems to be a fixture of modern Toryism and Johnsonism. I see that the Tory amendment claims that the Electoral Commission is supporting voting ID. That is simply not the case. They are clear that the introduction of a new policy is a matter for Government, not them.

Also, the amendment mentions the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. Well, let us look at who are members of that office. Twenty eight of the office's participating states are described as not politically free, with some countries having well-known human rights breaches, such as Belarus. Belarus, described as Europe's last dictatorship, Kazakhstan and Russia, these are the people that the Conservative Party in Wales are aligning themselves with.