HC Deb 25 March 1986 vol 94 c799

Mr. Robert Rhodes James presented a Bill to amend the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Acts 1949 and 1958, and the Representation of the People Act 1983, to provide for a reduction in the number of parliamentary constituencies to 500, with a minimum constituency population of 100,000, and for connected purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time on Friday 16 May and to be printed. [Bill 120].