§ Mr. Beswickasked the Minister of Defence the number of those entitled to be registered on the Services electoral register; and the number actually listed during the last Election.
§ The Prime Ministerpursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 30th November, 1951; Vol. 494, c. 180] circulated the following:
The number of Service men and women who were eligible for inclusion in the current, i.e. spring, 1951, register was about 412,000. The number of Service men and women actually included is estimated at about 311,000.