§ Mr. E. BROWNasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that, owing to the date on which the university 3038W electoral registers in Scotland are made up, young women under 30 in the Scottish universities will be unable to vote at the next General Election; and will he state if the Government intend to take steps to bring in a Bill to remedy this?
§ Sir J. GILMOURMy attention has already been drawn to the date on which, under the existing practice, university registers are made up in Scotland. I have suggested that under their existing powers the governing bodies of the universities should direct the 1929 registers to be made up to 1st May, 1929, the 1928 registers being continued till that date. This would ensure that women qualified under the 1928 Act to vote for the Scottish University constituency will be able to exercise their votes, in common with the new electors for other constituencies, on or after 1st May, 1929. The four universities are at present in con sultation on the matter, and I have no reason to suppose that any difficulty will arise in carrying out this arrangement