HL Deb 03 April 2000 vol 611 c111WA
Lord Campbell of Croy

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether in all local and national elections throughout Great Britain absent voting facilities are now available to disabled people in receipt of war pension mobility supplement. [HL1682]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Under Section 6(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, anyone who cannot reasonably be expected to go in person to a polling station by reason of physical incapacity is entitled to an absent vote.