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Mr. Menzies Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he has taken to inform the wives of service men living outside the United Kingdom of their right to a postal vote; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Archie Hamilton
The Representation of the People Act gives service personnel and their spouse living overseas the right to a proxy vote but not to a postal vote. Spouses living overseas are informed of their right to a proxy vote in a number of ways.