Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

We will talk about the franchise in due course. I do not think that the point is terribly sensible. Government amendment 326 makes changes to the definition of the voting areas for Scotland and Wales. This change ensures that in Scotland and Wales the referendum will be run on the same respective boundaries as the Scottish parliamentary and Welsh Assembly elections. No changes are required in respect of the provisions for England, which already allow for the referendum to be run on the same boundaries as the local government elections. Government amendment 262 provides that the local authorities within the voting areas must place the services of their officers at the disposal of the counting officer.