§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the nature and timing of the information conveyed to the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Scotland about his proposals to alter local boundaries in Lothian and the Borders prior to his statement in the House on 8 July,Official Report, columns 471–87.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 27 October 1993]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to him on 20 July 1993 at column 192, in which I stated that my right hon. Friend conveyed no such information to the Parliamentary Boundaries Commission prior to his statement to the House on 8 July.