§ Sir John Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what precautions are taken, and 259W checks made, to prevent persons who are not Commonwealth citizens or citizens of the Irish Republic from being registered as voters.
§ Mr. MellorThe electoral registration form states that only the names of Commonwealth citizens and citizens of the Irish Republic may be entered and electoral registration officers have powers to insist on the production of documentary evidence on nationality. The new form to be introduced this year will also make it clear that giving false information is an offence. Lists of the people whom it is proposed to include on the electoral register have to be publicly displayed, and any elector who thinks that somebody who is not eligible has been included can object to the registration officer during the period set aside for such objections—28 November to 16 December.