HC Deb 17 July 1969 vol 787 c158W
75. Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps will be taken in the autumn to draw attention to the fact that young persons aged 16 years 8½ months and upwards should be included in the returns to electoral registration officers for inclusion on the electoral register which will be valid from 16th February, 1970 to 15th February, 1971.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

National publicity—particularly through the Press, television and sound broadcasting—will make a particular point of the eligibility for registration of new age groups following the passage of the Representation of the People Act, 1969. Electoral registration officers will be asked to do the same locally.