§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to remove the restrictions in section 7 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 on patients of a mental hospital using the hospital address for electoral registration; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorNo. The provisions which enfranchised voluntary patients resident in mental hospitals have been in force less than two years and it is too soon to consider changing them.