Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 December 2003. It was answered by Phil Hope (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 December 2003 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations have been made to his Department regarding coercion and secrecy issues in relation to his proposed postal voting systems.

Answer: Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations have been made to his Department regarding coercion and secrecy issues in relation to his proposed postal voting systems. [140865] Phil Hope: A number of letters received from members of the public have mentioned concerns about the security and secrecy of all-postal voting. The same concerns were raised by some respondents to the recent consultation on our proposals for holding all-postal pilots at the European parliamentary and any combined local elections in June 2006.

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