HC Deb 09 July 1987 vol 119 cc209-10W
Sir Dudley Smith

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in the light of the experience of the recent general election and the many complaints of hon. Members, he will review the whole operation of postal voting, with a view to introducing legislative. improvements.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

I said in reply to the Adjournment debate on 3 July at columns 809–16, that we were reviewing the absent voting provisions in consultation with electoral registration officers and the political parties, with a view to amending the Representation of the People Regulations.