asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation to ensure that Service voters are not automatically removed from electoral registers at the end of each year but remain unless they notify to the contrary.

As my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Defence informed the House on 22nd April—[Vol. 890, c. 1251–2.]—the Government intend to introduce legislation at an early opportunity to amend the present provisions relating to the electoral registration of Service personnel. This legislation will be broadly on the lines recommended by the Speaker's Conference in 1973, and will also make appropriate provision for the registration of other categories of service voters.