Killer John Hirst's call for prisoners' votes
10 February 2011 Last updated at 12:41
John Hirst, who was convicted of manslaughter, explains Parliament has no choice but to give the vote to all prisoners to comply with a European ruling.
But former MP and ex-inmate Jonathan Aitken said there 's no call for prisoners to get the vote and commentator Jon Gaunt said it's a good reason to have a vote of the UK staying in Europe.
Mr Hirst has taken the UK Government to court on prisoners' votes, and there is a debate in Parliament on Thursday afternoon.
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