David Norris (Independent)

I thank the Minister of State for providing us with the Minister's response. I do not find it entirely satisfactory because it is a type of wing and a prayer response. We hope the election will not take place early, a hope I fervently share, and that these people will be on the register. However, the Minister of State said that the 1937 Act does not provide for a supplement to the register. It does not exclude it. There is nothing legally to prevent it. He states baldly he is satisfied that on the information available, the mechanism I have suggested does not seem to him to be operable. I would like to have a meeting with the Minister to discuss this issue with him face to face. I hope that can be arranged because it is a very important matter. If there was an election, 700 people would be excluded from an electorate of 50,000. That is a lot of people, almost 2%. I seek a meeting to address the two points I made.