§ Mr. Geoffrey Johnson Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the areas or divisions for which the Boundary Commissions for 474W England and Wales have published provisional recommendations for new constituency boundaries; and if he will indicate for each area or division whether the commissions have published revised recommendations.
§ Mr. MayhewThe Boundary Commisson for England has published provisional recommendations for parliamentary constituencies in the counties of Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Cheshire, Cleveland, Cornwall, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Durham, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hereford and Worcester, Hertfordshire, Humberside, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex and Wiltshire, and in the Greater London area. The commission has published revised recommendations for constituencies in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Surrey.
The Boundary Commission for Wales has not yet commenced its general review of constituencies.