HC Deb 12 December 1975 vol 902 cc380-1W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Lord President of the Council (1) how many seats in a Welsh Assembly would represent the following constituencies, assuming no boundary changes, following the reallocation of seats on the population proposals contained in the White Paper, Command Paper No. 6348: Caernarvon, Carmarthen and Merioneth;

(2) how many seats in a Welsh Assembly would represent the following constituencies, assuming no boundary changes following the reallocation of seats on the population proposals contained in the White Paper, Command Paper No. 6348: Conway, Denbigh, West Flint, Pembroke, Barry, Cardiff, North, Cardiff, North-West and Monmouth;

(3) how many seats in a Welsh Assembly would represent the following constituencies, assuming no boundary changes following the reallocation of seats on the population proposals contained in the White Paper Command Paper No. 6348: Montgomery and Cardigan.

Mr. Edward Short

The result of the application of the formula set out in the White Paper for later elections to the Welsh Assembly will depend on the torates at the time, but on existing constituency boundaries and current electorates at the time, but on existing constituency boundaries and currect electorates the allocation of seats to the constituencies mentioned by the hon. Member would be as follows: One Assembly constituency: Merioneth, Montgomeryshire. Two Assembly constituencies: Caernarvon, Cardiff, North, Cardiff, North-West, Cardiganshire, Carmarthen, Conway, Denbigh, Flint, West. Three Assembly constituencies: Barry, Monmouth, Pembrokeshire.

Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Lord President of the Council whether, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Melton on 8th December, he will give an assurance that he will not permit any individual to be a member both of a planning committee of a local authority and of the committee of the Welsh Assembly which will determine planning appeals, thus preventing a situation whereby an individual who shared responsibility for rejecting a planning application at local government level could also be partly responsible for dismissing the appeal, in his capacity as an Assembly member.

Mr. Edward Short

The question whether any limitation should be placed on an individual in serving as a member both of a local authority planning committee and of the committee of the Welsh Assembly dealing with planning appeals is one to be considered in developing the White Paper proposals. One possibility would be to leave the matter to the Assembly's own Standing Order.