HC Deb 02 July 1980 vol 987 cc570-2W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the areas or divisions for which the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England and Wales has published its recommendations and the areas which are still outstanding; and whether it is his intention to produce proposals for their enactment within the period of this Parliament.

Mr. Brittan

The Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England has published recommendations for parliamentary constituencies for the following areas:

  • Counties
  • Cheshire
  • Cleveland
  • Cumbria
  • Derbyshire
  • Durham
  • Essex
  • Hertfordshire
  • Humberside
  • Kent
  • Lancashire
  • Norfolk
  • North Yorkshire
  • Northumberland
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Shropshire
  • Somerset
  • Staffordshire
  • Surrey
  • Warwickshire
  • London Boroughs
  • Barking and Dagenham
  • Barnet
  • Bexley
  • Brent
  • Bromley
  • Camden
  • Croydon
  • Ealing
  • Greenwich
  • Hackney
  • Hammersmith and Fulham
  • Haringey
  • Harrow
  • Havering
  • Hillingdon
  • Hounslow
  • Islington
  • Kensington and Chelsea
  • Kingston upon Thames
  • Lambeth
  • Lewisham
  • Merton
  • Newham
  • Redbridge
  • Richmond upon Thames
  • Southwark
  • Sutton
  • Tower Hamlets
  • Waltham Forest
  • Wandsworth
  • The Cities of London and Westminster

Recommendations have not yet been published for the following areas:

  • Counties
  • Avon
  • Bedfordshire
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  • Counties
  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Dorest
  • East Sussex
  • Gloucestershire
  • Greater Manchester
  • Hampshire
  • Hereford and Worcester
  • Isle of Wight
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Mersey side
  • Northamptonshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • South Yorkshire
  • Suffolk
  • Tyne and Wear
  • West Midlands
  • West Sussex
  • West Yorkshire
  • Wiltshire
  • London Borough
  • Enfield

The Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales has not yet commenced its general review, but I expect it to do so shortly.

I intend to lay the reports of the commissions before Parliament as soon as practicable after they have been received, in accordance with the provisions of the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949.