HC Deb 22 February 1951 vol 484 c1447
31. Mr. H. Hynd

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people certified under the Mental Deficiency Act are on the registers of voters.

Mr. Ede

The information asked for is not available.

Mr. Hynd

Resisting 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. Ede

As 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 Smithers

When the Home Secretary does get this information will he add as a footnote: "A number of Members of His Majesty's Government are included"?