HC Deb 09 July 2001 vol 371 cc369-70W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to require people to have their name on the electoral register as a requirement for receipt of benefit. [2254]

Malcolm Wicks

It is not practical to require people to have their name on the electoral register as a requirement of receipt of benefit Some people who are entitled to benefit are not entitled to vote.