§ Mr. Thorpeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many constituencies representations were received by the Boundary Commissioners at the time of the most recent revision of United Kingdom constituencies; how many local inquiries were held; and what was the time which elapsed from the tabling of the first proposals and the determination of the last constituency boundary in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. JohnThe Parliamentary Boundary Commissions for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland received representations in respect of some 350 constituencies during their last general reviews, and they held 78 local inquiries. A period of three years eleven months elapsed between the publication by the English Commission of its first group of provisional recommendations and the submission of its report in April 1969; the average period for the three other Commissions was two years nine months. The changes in the constituencies were effected by Orders in Council made in November 1970.