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Ministerial Correction

Wednesday 15th June 2016

(8 years, 5 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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Wednesday 15 June 2016
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Cabinet Office

Wednesday 15th June 2016

(8 years, 5 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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EU Referendum
The following is an extract from the debate on the EU Referendum: Voter Registration on 9 June 2016:
Liam Fox Portrait Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset) (Con)
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My right hon. Friend says that the problem of ballot papers being issued to those who are not eligible to take part in this election has been identified and cured. Can he therefore give us an idea of the scale of the problem? How many of these wrong ballot papers were issued?

Oliver Letwin Portrait Mr Letwin
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We believe it to have been around 5,000.

[Official Report, 9 June 2016, Vol. 611, c. 1364.]

Letter of correction from Mr Letwin:

An error has been identified in my response to my right hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox).

The correct answer should have been:

Oliver Letwin Portrait Mr Letwin
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We believe it to have been 3,502.

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