§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to amend the law to allow convicted prisoners to vote at local and national elections; and if he will make a statement. [136559]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienI have no plans to change the law. Neither the Home Affairs Committee report on electoral law and administration in 1998 nor the working party on electoral procedures in 1999 recommended any change to the current provisions prohibiting convicted prisoners from voting.