HL Deb 30 July 1949 vol 164 cc706-8WA
LORD LLEWELLIN

asked His Majesty's Government—

  1. (a) which non-county boroughs having a separate commission of the peace have an estimated population of less than 25,000;
  2. (b) which non-county boroughs having a Recorder have an estimated population of less than 25,000;

THE LORD CHANCELLOR

The following non-county boroughs having a separate commission of the peace have an estimated population of less than 25,000:

20,000–24,000
Borough. Population.
Deal 23,000
Grantham 23,000
Newark 23,000
Pontefract 23,000
Yeovil 23,000
Bridgwater 22,000
Lymington 22,000
Stalybridge 22,000
Windsor 22,000
Colne 21,000
Newport (I.o.W.) 20,000
Penzance 20,000
Ryde 20,000
15,000–19,000
Banbury 19,000
Bury St. Edmunds 19,000
Durham 19,000
Chichester 18,000
Glossop 18,000
Kendal 18,000
Newbury 18,000
Basingstoke 17,000
Dunstable 17,000
Falmouth 17,000
Hartlepool 17,000
Wisbech 17,000
Barnstaple 16,000
East Retford 16,000
Beverley 15,000

15,000–19,000—continued
Borough. Population.
Congleton 15,000
Godalming 15,000
Ossett 15,000
Warwick 15,000
Wenlock 15,000
10,000–14,000
Andover 14,000
Flint 14,000
Hertford 14,000
Stratford-upon-Avon 14,000
Carmarthen 13,000
Harwick 13,000
Tamworth 13,000
Truro 13,000
Berwick-upon-Tweed 12,000
Clitheroe 12,000
Evesham 12,000
Faversham 12,000
Louth 12,000
Dorchester 11,000
Oswestry 11,000
Pembroke 11,000
Stamford 11,000
Tiverton 11,000
Aberystwyth 10,000
Abingdon 10,000
Bideford 10,000
Lichfield 10,000
Maldon 10,000
Mossley 10,000
Ripon 10,000
5,000–9,000
Caernarvon 9,000
Hythe 9,000
St. Ives 9,000
Denbigh 8,009
Henley-on-Thames 8,000
Devizes 7,000
Haverfordwest 7,000
Saffron Waldon 7,000
Sudbury 7,000
Bodmin 6,000
Brecon 6,000
Bridgnorth 6,000
Bridport 6,000
Dartmouth 6,000
Droitwich 6,000
Leominster 6,000
Ludlow 6,000
Romsey 6,000
Wells 6,000
Welshpool 6,000
Bewdley 5,000
Helston 5,000
Marlborough 5,000
Monmouth 5,000
Richmond (Yorks) 5,000
Tewkesbury 5,000
Totnes 5,000
Under 4,000
Buckingham 4,000
Cardigan 4,000
Launceston 4,000

Under,4,000—continued
Borough. Population.
Liskeard 4,000
Penryn 4,000
Rye 4,000
Sandwich 4,000
Tenby 4,000
Tenderden 4,000
Thetford 4,000
Lyme Regis 3,000
South Molton 3,000
Great Torrington 3,000
Wallingford 3,000
Eye 2,000
Lydd 2,000
New Romney 2,000
Southwold 2,000

The following non-county boroughs having a Recorder have an estimated population of less than 25,000:

Under 25,000
Borough. Population.
Deal 23,000
Grantham 23,000
Newark 23,000
Pontefract 23,000
Bridgwater 22,000
Windsor 22,000
Penzance 20,000
Banbury 19,000
Bury St, Edmunds 19,000
Chichester 18,000
Newbury 18,000
Barnstaple 16,000
Warwick 15,000
Wenlock 15,000
Andover 14,000
Carmarthen 13,000
Berwick-upon-Tweed 12,000
Faversham 12,000
Oswestry 11,000
Stamford 11,000
Tiverton 11,000
Abingdon 10,000
Bideford 10,000
Lichfield 10,000
Maldon 10,000
Hythe 9,000
Devizes 7,000
Saffron Walden 7,000
Sudbury 7,000
Brignorth 6,000
Ludlow 6,000
Richmond (Yorks) 5,000
Tewkesbury 5,000
Rye 4,000
Sandwich 4,000
Tenterden 4,000
Thetford 4,000
South Molton 3,000

House adjourned at twelve o'clock noon for the Summer Recess.