§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement concerning the result on the current work of the Local Government Boundary Commission of the court action successfully brought against it by a district council challenging its ruling; and what overall delay in the work of the Commission is likely to ensue.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThe Local Government Boundary Commission for England has reported to me that it is appealing against the judgment delivered in the High Court on 25th January 1978 in a case brought by the London borough of Enfield. The Commission has concluded that, until the appeal is decided, it should suspend work on all its current reviews of electoral arrangements. It is not possible at this stage to say what delay will be involved in this aspect of the Commission's work.