HC Deb 27 April 1999 vol 330 c111W
Mr. Mackinlay

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the eligibility of those overseas voters eligible to vote in the United Kingdom general elections to vote in the forthcoming European Parliament election. [81788]

Mr. George Howarth

Under the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978, as amended, an overseas elector registered to vote at a parliamentary election is entitled to vote at an European Parliamentary election.