§ 93. Mr. E. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that electors who have correctly completed the Registration Form A are sometimes omitted from the Electoral Register through an error on the part of the registration authorities; and if he will take steps to give greater publicity, through the Press, radio, and television to explain how and when the provisional register can be checked, how claims to be included can be made, and the latest date for making such claims.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerBesides local publicity arranged by electoral registration officers, I will arrange for the issue of suitable material about the electors' lists for the assistance of the Press and the broadcasting authorities. There will also be a postmark slogan this year calling attention to the lists.
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§ 94. Mr. E. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to amend the Representation of the People Acts so as to allow electors who have correctly completed the Registration Form A, but who have been left off the Electoral Register through an error on the part of the registration authorities and do not discover this until it is too late to make a claim to be put on the register, to be put on a special supplementary register so as to enable them to vote at local government and parliamentary elections during the year during which the register on which they should have been included is in force.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerNo. Much as I regret the mistakes that occasionally occur, I attach great importance to the principle that the register, once published, is final.