§ Mr. Peter DuncanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will make a statement on the timetable for(a) publication and (b) implementation of Boundary Commission proposals for Scotland. [6498]
§ Mrs. Liddell[holding answer 16 October 2001]: The Boundary Commission for Scotland is required, by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, to submit its report to me between December 2002 and December 2006.
As soon as may be after the Commission has submitted its report, I am required under section 3(5) of the 1986 Act to lay the report before Parliament, together with the draft of an Order in Council for giving effect, with or without modifications, to the recommendations in the report.