§ Mr. CorbettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what educational publicity campaign he plans, at what estimated cost, to inform electors of the proportional voting system to be used to elect United Kingdom members of the European Parliament. [46558]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe European Parliamentary Elections Bill has not yet completed its passage through Parliament and no public money has been spent on publicising the electoral system which it will introduce.
Decisions on future publicity have not yet been taken. But a number of outside organisations will be running campaigns and my right hon. Friend will next week help to launch "Get the Vote out! Europe 1999", organised by the Institute for Citizenship.