§ 32. Mr. THURTLEasked the Home Secretary if he is aware that the rolls of electors for Scottish counties, except the county of Stirling, contain an indication as to the appropriate form of address for each woman elector, by having printed before each name the word Mrs. or the word Miss, as the case may be; and will he, therefore, for the convenience of political parties and with a view to establishing equality in this matter as between Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom, instruct registration agents in England and Wales to have similar information included in their registers of electors?
Mr. HENDERSONI am aware of the practice in Scottish constituencies; but it is estimated that the alteration of the registers in England and Wales to include the information referred to would cost upwards of £70,000, and I do not consider that this large expenditure would in the circumstances be justified.
§ Mr. THURTLEDoes my right hon. Friend agree that in this matter there ought to be uniformity of practice as between Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom, because we have to bear the expense of this procedure in Scotland?
§ Mr. STURROCKIs it not the duty of the local Members to know exactly the designation of all the electors?