HC Deb 22 November 1984 vol 68 c416

Mr. Secretary Brittan, supported by Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe, Mr. Secretary Younger, Mr. Secretary Edwards, Mr. John Biffen, Mr. Secretary Hurd and Mr. David Mellor, presented a Bill to amend the law relating to parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom and local government elections in Great Britain, to provide for combining polls taken on the same date at such elections and elections to the Assembly of the European Communities, to extend the franchise at elections to that Assembly, to amend the law relating to the effect of the demise of the Crown on the summoning and duration of a new Parliament and to repeal section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1918: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 12].