Mr. Ted Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether his attention has been called to the lack of knowledge of local conditions by the Local Government Boundary Commission, exemplified by the issue of the 143W wrong population figures for the Darlington rural district; and what steps he proposes to take to draw the attention of the Commission to this error.
§ Mr. Graham PageI am not aware that the population figures for Darlington Rural District published by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England-Designate in its Draft Proposals are wrong. The figures used by the Commission were derived from the published Preliminary Report of the 1971 Census. But if the hon. Member cares to send me his figures I will be pleased to pass them to the Commission.