§ Mr. LEWISasked the Home Secretary whether he will consider the desirability of promoting legislation to provide that in municipal elections a candidate shall be required to make a deposit at the time of nomination, such deposit to be forfeited if the candidate fails to secure a certain proportion of the total votes cast at the election?
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§ Sir H. SAMUELThe question bas been considered more than once, but there is much difference of opinion as to the desirability of requiring deposits by candidates at local elections, and I cannot promise legislation on the subject.