HC Deb 24 June 1982 vol 26 cc424-5
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Mr. Wainwright), 6 April, Official Report, column 273, whether he is now able to give a more precise date for the submission by the Boundary Commission of its report containing its final recommendations.

Mr. Mayhew

It remains the position that the Boundary Commission for England hopes to complete its current general review by the end of 1982, and that it intends to submit its report as soon as possible thereafter.

Mr. Freud

I am not entirely ungrateful to the Minister for that reply, but will he tell the House whether he intends to fight the next election on the old or the new boundaries?

Mr. Mayhew

Personally, I should be equally happy to fight it on either—not that the Boundary Commission's proposals leave me unscathed, as I stand to lose the "Royal" in Royal Tunbridge Wells.