HC Deb 27 April 1981 vol 3 c304W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation, or discuss with interested parties and those concerned, the possibility of changing the electoral law so that no person who is in prison serving a sentence at the time when nomination papers for general or by-elections have to be delivered, can be a properly nominated person.

Mr. Mayhew

My right hon. Friend is considering this matter.