HC Deb 14 December 1964 vol 704 c22W
Sir Knox Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to make clear to returning officers and those under their jurisdiction in constituencies during a Parliamentary election that their authority is confined to the area of a polling station, which is a room or part of a room in a building, and does not extend to any other part of the building in which the room is situated or to outside such building.

Mr. George Thomas

My right hon. Friend has no reason to suppose that returning officers or those employed by them are in any doubt in the matter.

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