§ Mr. Isaacsasked the Home Secretary whether he will consider amending the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1939, to provide for the resumption of the annual publication of the register of electors, in view of the serious condition of the printing industry and the high percentage of unemployed?
§ Sir J. AndersonWhile I sympathise with the hon. Member's concern about unemployment among printers, he will, I am sure, agree that the right remedy is not to be found in preparing and printing at the public cost a register of which—so far as can be foreseen—no use is likely to be made.