HC Deb 02 February 1994 vol 236 c703W
Mr. Rooker

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to ensure that students of other European Union states studying in the United Kingdom are able to vote in the European elections in June.

Mr. Maclean

Students from other member states of the Community will be eligible to apply to be included in the electoral register on the same basis as other Community nationals once Parliament has given its approval to the regulations to extend the franchise.

Mr. Rooker

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to launch the advertising campaign relating to the rights of European Union citizens resident in the United Kingdom to vote in the European elections in June.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Information about the arrangements for exercising the rights of Community nationals to vote and to stand as a candidate at European parliamentary elections will be distributed once Parliament has approved the regulations to give effect to those rights.