§ Mr. Geoffrey Johnson Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the areas or divisions for which the Boundary Commission has published provisional recommendations for new constituency boundaries; and if he will indicate for each area or division whether the commission has published revised recommendations.
§ Mr. RifkindThe commission has published its provisional recommendations for 39 parliamentary constituencies in the following regions and islands areas:
Region
- Borders
- Central
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Fife
- Grampian
- Highland
- Lothian
- Tayside
Islands area
- Orkney
- Shetland
- Western Isles
No revised recommendations have been published for any region or islands area.