§ Dr. Alan Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what conclusion he has reached regarding the number of counting agents to be permitted at the forthcoming elections of Greater London and London borough councillors.
§ Mr. BrookeI have decided to amend the London Borough Council and Greater London Council Election Rules, 1963, so as to remove the special limitation they impose on the number of counting agents permitted at the forthcoming elections of Greater London and London Borough councillors. Amending Rules will be laid before Parliament this week. Their effect will be to apply, so far as concerns counting agents, Parliamentary Elections Rule 31 in the Second Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1949. There will accordingly be no limit on the number of counting agents except such as may be imposed by the returning officer in accordance with the proviso to Rule 31(1).