§ 8. Mr. Farrasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government when he expects to come to a decision on the Local Government Boundary Commission"s recommendations for Leicestershire.
§ Mr. CrossmanI am hoping to announce my decision on the Commission"s proposals for Leicester before very long.
§ Mr. FarrDoes the Minister realise that it is now more than five years since the local Government Commission made its first recommendation and there is a real danger, now that there are nearly 40,000 extra people in the County of Leicester, that when he does come to a decision it will be based on inaccurate and out-dated information?
§ Mr. CrossmanI am aware of the danger of delay. Perhaps I may say to the hon. Gentleman that, if it is five years since the Commission"s first recommendation, it is only five months since I took office. I have been studying this, and the hon. Gentleman will realise—I know that he has studied the problem carefully—that it is one of the most complex and difficult and, if I may say so, important decisions in relation to the Local Government Commission which I have to take. I promise him that it will not be very long delayed.