§ 56. Mr. Boxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is satisfied that the electoral registers for the forthcoming local government elections in the City of Cardiff were exhibited at the appropriate times; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. George ThomasRegisters of parliamentary and local government electors are required to be published not later than 15th February. Publication of the register consists in the registration officer making a copy available at his office, and copies of the part of the register relating to each electoral area available locally as soon as practicable. I am informed that by 15th February last a copy of the 1965 register for the whole of the City of Cardiff was available at the office of the registration officer and copies of parts of the register were available, elsewhere except in three wards, where they were made available a few days later.
§ 57. Mr. Boxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will take steps to ensure that voters erroneously excluded from the current register of voters for the city of Cardiff are permitted to vote in the forthcoming local government elections on a supplementary register.
§ Mr. George ThomasThere is considerable doubt whether there is power to alter a register after it has been published.