HC Deb 29 April 1918 vol 105 c1277
23. Colonel SANDERS

asked the President of the Local Government Board what length of time it will take to send proxy papers to soldiers in Mesopotamia and for them to be filled up and returned; and at what date it will be possible to send out such papers?

Mr. FISHER

From inquiries which I have made of my right hon. Friend the Postmaster-General I doubt whether it will be possible to send out the proxy papers referred to and get them back in much less than six months. As regards the date on which it will be possible to send them out, I can only say at present that it is proposed that they should be sent out by the Registration Officer as soon as it has been determined that the voter's name will be included in the register.