§ 32. Colonel APPLINasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the new voters' lists have not yet been posted in the churches and post offices of the Enfield Parliamentary Division of Middlesex; and whether he will take the necessary steps to have the law complied with?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI am informed by the Registration Officer that the electors' lists for the new register for the Enfield Division were published and remained published at the principal post offices throughout the constituency and also at the offices of the local authorities during the statutory period for such publication. It has not been the practice in Middlesex to publish the lists at churches, chapels, etc., and there is no statutory requirement to that effect.
§ Lieut.-Colonel JAMESIs my right hon. Friend aware that in the principal post office at Enfield there was no such thing as a voters' list at all till quite recently?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThat conflicts with the information that the, returning officer has given to me. I will, of course, report my hon. and gallant Friend's statement to the returning officer, and ask for an explanation.
§ Lieut.-Colonel JAMESMay I tell my right hon. Friend that I went myself to look for the list, and could not find it?