§ 45. Mr. BYRNEasked the Prime Minister if he will say what arrangements will be made to enable Irish workmen engaged on work of national importance in Great Britain to vote in the coming election; if he is aware that, at the outbreak of war, many Irish workmen were sent to Great Britain by trade unions and Labour Exchanges; and if he will see that arrangements are made to enable them to vote?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. S. Walsh)I have been asked to reply to this question. Any elector who by reason of the nature of his occupation, service, or employment might be debarred from voting at a poll at a Parliamentary election was entitled to claim to be placed on the absent voters' list, so that he might vote by post. If an Irish workman was resident in England during the qualifying period and has been registered for an English constituency he can vote as an elector for that constituency.