HC Deb 19 December 2003 vol 416 c73W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs who took the decision to ask the Electoral Commission to determine which regions should be selected for postal voting pilot schemes in the forthcoming European parliamentary elections in 2004. [145550]

Mr. Leslie

The decision to ask the Electoral Commission to recommend which regions would be suitable for piloting and the type of pilots they should hold was a collective decision, taken by the Government.