HC Deb 27 November 1975 vol 901 c236W
22. Mr. MacGregor

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will bring forward the date by which the Boundary Commission is next due to report on parliamentary constituency boundaries.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

No. I understand that the Parliamentary Boundary Commissions have a statutory duty to report between 10 and 15 years after the last reports were submitted. The date of their last submission was June 1969. I have no proposals to amend the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1958, and I do not consider that it would be reasonable to do it, in view of the heavy task that the Commission is facing.