HC Deb 02 July 1980 vol 987 cc1541-2

Mr. Barry Sheerman accordingly presented a Bill to amend and repeal sec- tion 4(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1949 which prevents mental patients resident in psychiatric hospitals with no alternative electoral address from using the hospital for registration purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday and to be printed. [Bill 239.]