§ Sir F. Markhamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what 16W was the outcome of the consultation with the Electoral Advisory Conference regarding the conduct of the count at Parliamentary elections, to which reference was made in the statement of 29th March last.
§ Mr. BrookeThe Electoral Advisory Conference, the membership of which includes the national agents of the political parties as well as representative returning officers, has considered what guidance might usefully be given to returning officers on the question of admission to the count at Parliamentary elections, including the admission of representatives of the Press and of broadcasting. The recommendations made by the Conference, to whose members I am grateful, have been embodied in a memorandum of guidance which is being issued to returning officers today. Copies of the memorandum are being placed in the Library of the House.