§ The Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Westwood)I beg to move,
That the Electoral Registration Regulations, 1943, dated 8th December, 1943, made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department under the Parliamentary Electors (War-Time Registration) Act, 1943, a copy of which was presented to this House on 8th December, be approved.The Regulations which are now submitted for the approval of the House are in accordance with Section 20 of the Parliamentary Electors (War-time Registration) Act, 1943. These Regulations have to be approved by an affirmative Resolution of the House. The Regulations mainly, shall I say wholly, speak for themselves, and I shall not take up much time in explaining them unless someone is expecting to get further explanation. One point I want to emphasise is that so far as the instructions are concerned we intend to send out very simple instructions which will be easily understood by those who have to supervise the filling-in of forms, examples of which are contained in the Schedule to the Regulations. I trust that the Regulations will now go through without any opposition.
§ Mr. Gallacher (Fife, West)With regard to Scotland, would the Minister advise us as to the population that is going to participate in the elections? It is quite clear that, unless we get some more industries into Scotland—
§ Mr. Deputy-Speaker (Mr. Charles Williams)That is outside the scope of the Regulations.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
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Resolved,
That the Electoral Registration Regulations, 1943, dated 8th December, 1943, made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department under the Parliamentary Electors (War-Time Registration) Act, 1943, a copy of which was presented to this House on 8th December, be approved.