§ Mr. Wattasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, in view of the unsatisfactory state of the electoral register in Scotland, if he will take steps to return the compilation of these to the district councils 571W and away from the regional councils which are too remote from the electorate.
§ Mr. Harry EwingI do not accept the hon. Member's premise and my right hon. Friend has no proposals to remove electoral registration responsibilities from rating assessors.