Birmingham (Local Government Boundaries)

HC Deb 19 May 1978 vol 950 c311W

Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the new local government boundaries for Birmingham will be announced.

Mr. John

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England has suspended work on all current reviews of electoral arrangements, including the review of Birmingham, pending the outcome of its appeal against the judgment delivered in the High Court on 25th January 1978 in a case brought by the London borough of Enfield. It is not possible to say when the Commission will submit final proposals for new electoral arrangements for Birmingham. I understand that the Commission is under a statutory duty to review the administrative boundaries of the metropolitan districts during the period 1984–89.