HC Deb 20 February 1992 vol 204 c264W
17. Mr. Rooker

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will arrange for an immediate newspaper advertising campaign to outline provision for postal and proxy voting at parliamentary elections.

Mrs. Rumbold

As soon as the general election is announced, we shall run a newspaper and television advertising campaign, informing electors about their right to apply for an absent vote if they cannot get to the polling station to vote in person. We believe that such a campaign is likely to be most effective if launched once the date of the general election has been announced.