§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will review the sale of the electoral register in light of restrictions on the sale of the community charge register.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggNo. The Government made it clear, during the passage of what is now the Local Government Finance Act 1988, that the provisions governing the sale of the electoral register would remain in force irrespective of any decision on the sale of the extract of the community charges register.