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Prisoner Voting

Asked what the Government’s position on prisoner voting was, the PMS answered that the intention was to ensure that the minimum number of prisoners were given the vote. He added that the issue was a historical problem and that a number of cases and compensation claims by prisoners had built up, going back a number of years. That could not be ignored.

Asked what the threshold which set which prisoners got the vote would be, the PMS said this was a matter for legal advice, and that the legal advice needed to be carefully examined. The PMS added that the policy could be tested in the courts but that the objective was to keep it to a minimum.

Asked what the Prime Minister’s view would be of a Commons motion on the subject going against the Government, the PMS said that because this question referred to a motion, rather than a piece of Government legislation being put to the House, this would simply be Parliament expressing a view.

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