§ Mr. W. GRAHAMasked the Lord Privy Sea whether it is by inadvertence in the Representation of the People (No. 3) Bill, giving the concession of proxy votes to all absent voters, that it is not proposed to extend such a privilege to university electors, in whose case there is no absent voters' list; and whether, in view of the fact that many university electors are in distant parts of the world, he will consider the advisability of including them in the privilege provided by this Bill?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWIt is expressly provided by Section 36 of the Representation of the People Act, 1918, that it shall not be necessary in the case of a university election to prepare an absent voters' list, but that the right to vote by1792W proxy may be exercised by any person who would be entitled to exercise such right if his name were entered on an absent voters' list, so long as all other conditions enabling him to vote by proxy are fulfilled. University electors will, therefore, have the same right of appointing proxies as other electors under the Representation of the People (No. 3) Bill, and no special provision on the subject is required in the Bill.