§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will introduce regulations to restrict the sale, copying or inspection of the electoral register when the electoral registrar obtains information from the poll tax registers.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonNo. The considerations governing the sale, copying and inspection of the electoral register have not altered since the present policy was reviewed in 1985–86. The Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 1986 already forbid the supply of data which is not required to be published in the register itself.