§ Mrs Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he has postponed the implementation of the Boundary Commission's recommendations in respect of Wolverhampton until 1982.
§ Mr. WhitelawAs I said in reply to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Orpington (Mr. Stanbrook) on 23 November—[Vol. 974, c.359–60]—I had decided that, in order to allow candidates and others a reasonable period to prepare for the elections of district councillors to be held in May 1980, no electoral arrangements orders to come into effect at these elections 373W would be made after 15 December 1979. As I had not by that date received from the district council all the information required to enable me to make an order, I could not bring the new electoral arrangements for Wolverhampton into effect in May this year. I have, however, now made an order implementing them at the next elections of district councillors; that is, May 1982.