The explanatory notes on clause 11—perhaps we ought to refer to them as the first edition of the explanatory notes—state:"““A person who is entitled to vote in a parliamentary election in the UK must be a British citizen, Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a British citizen who qualifies as an overseas elector.””"
Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is rather strange that all those classes of people will be entitled to vote under the Bill, but not necessarily, from what he has said, people from British overseas territories?
European Union Bill
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David Nuttall
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 January 2011.
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