§ 31. Mr. H. Hyndasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people certified under the Mental Deficiency Act are on the registers of voters.
§ Mr. HyndResisting the temptation to ask a frivolous supplementary question, may I ask whether, as certification under the Mental Deficiency Act is not a bar to a vote, the Home Secretary does not think that something ought to be done to debar people like that?
§ Mr. EdeAs I have informed the House on previous occasions, this is one of the matters that is marked for consideration when fresh legislation is considered.
§ Sir Waldron SmithersWhen the Home Secretary does get this information will he add as a footnote: "A number of Members of His Majesty's Government are included"?