§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to the laying of the orders for elections to the European Assembly, he will initiate a meeting with his EEC counterparts with a view to seeking a system of enabling EEC citizens resident outwith the country in which they are registered as electors to vote in the EEC country in which they currently reside, or to be eligible to vote in their national elections by so doing at the relevant embassy.
§ Mr. JohnNo. It has been agreed that each member State should make its own electoral arrangements for the first direct election of representatives to the European Assembly. Parliament has decided that in the United Kingdom the franchise for this election should be based on that for parliamentary elections.