§ MR. D. A. THOMASI beg to ask the Attorney General whether he is aware that a number of workmen locked out in the dispute now pending in the South Wales coal trade have, by accepting employment in stone breaking under the.boards of guardians, become liable to have their names removed from the registers of voters at Parliamentary elections; whether this liability attaches to workmen similarly employed by the urban district authorities in the same localities;.and whether, having regard to the special circumstances of the case, he will advise the Government to bring in a Bill to remove any doubts there may be upon the point, and to enable such workmen, if otherwise qualified, to retain the franchise?
SIB R. WEBSTERI am not aware of the facts stated in the honourable Member's Question. It must not be assumed that employment of the kind suggested in the first and second paragraphs of necessity involves liability to have the names of the men employed removed from the register of voters. There is not, in my opinion, any necessity for legislation upon the matter.