§ Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, when considering future redrawing of constituency boundaries, he will introduce legislation to provide for increasing by 10,000 the average electorate per constituency.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesUnder the present law on redistribution of seats, the probable increase in the electorate is likely to produce electoral quotas for the next general reviews of constituencies substantially higher than those operative for the present reviews.