§ 3.32 p.m.
§ The Lord ChancellorMy Lords, I beg to introduce a Bill to consolidate the Representation of the People Acts of 1949, 1969, 1977, 1978 and 1980, the Electoral Registers Acts of 1949 and 1953, the 635 Elections (Welsh Forms) Act, 1964, Part III of the Local Government Act 1972, Sections 6 to 10 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the Representation of the People (Armed Forces) Act 1976, the Returning Officers (Scotland) Act 1977, Section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1981, Section 62 of and Schedule 2 to the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 and connected provisions; and to repeal as obsolete the Representation of the People Act 1979 and other enactments related to the Representation of the People Acts. My Lords, I beg to move that the said Bill be now read a first time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read a first time.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Bill read a first time, and to be printed.