§ Sir WILLOUGHBY DICKINSONasked the President of the Local Government Board whether, if a General Election takes place during the continuance of hostilities and of the present difficulties of printing, etc., the statutory period between the Royal Proclamation dissolving Parliament and the polling day will suffice to allow of all the naval and military voters receiving the election addresses of candidates before the ballot papers are delivered to them; and, if not, whether the Government will introduce legislation to alter those dates, so as to ensure that there will be sufficient time for such communications to reach those electors in time to enable them to know the view of those who seek their suffrage?
Mr. FISHERThe point raised by my right hon. Friend has not been overlooked. I am in hopes that it may be possible to meet it without recourse to legislation.