– in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 27 Tachwedd 1947.
Sir Edward Keeling
, Twickenham
12:00,
27 Tachwedd 1947
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will include in the Bill dealing with electoral registration a provision for the franchise to be exercised by the wife of a Service voter living with her husband in an overseas station.
Mr James Ede
, South Shields
I would ask the hon. Member to await the introduction of the Bill.
Sir Edward Keeling
, Twickenham
Would the Home Secretary at least agree that, to the extent to which the Serviceman abroad has a vote, it is only fair that his wife should have one, too?
Mr James Ede
, South Shields
No, I would not go as far as that. [HON. MEMBERS: "Why not? "] The hon. Member will have an opportunity of seeing what we have put in the Bill when we produce it.
Mr Ian Orr-Ewing
, Weston-Super-Mare
When will that be?
Mr James Ede
, South Shields
In due course.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
