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Dame Joan Vickers
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that long-stay patients ill mental hospitals are not permitted to vote; and if he will seek to amend the Representation of the People Act 1949 tc allow those in residence for two years or more to vote.
Miss Bacon
This is a matter which is within the terms of reference of the Speaker's Conference on Electoral Law.