§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will implement in full the recommendations for Wiltshire of the Local Government Commission, with particular reference to parish council status to the city of Salisbury. [28233]
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesWe expect to announce shortly our decisions on a number of the commission's recommendations concerning new parishes, including that for Salisbury.
As to the commission's other recommendations for Wiltshire, the draft Wiltshire (Borough of Thamesdown) (Structural Change) Order, which provides for change to the structure of local government in Thamesdown on 1 April 1997 and other associated matters, was laid before Parliament on 15 June 1995. Subject to approval of that order, my right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary intends in due course to lay before Parliament an order giving effect to the commission's recommendation for a combined fire authority. We intend to give effect to the commission's recommendations for ceremonial matters in a statutory instrument to be laid before Parliament later this year. Other recommendations are for the local authorities themselves to take forward.