§ Dr. Edmund Marshallasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is satisfied that no legal 381W complications will arise because of the fact that three electoral divisions proposed in the county of Humberside (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 are to be given the same name
§ Mr. MayhewMy right hon. Friend foresees no legal or other complications arising from the fact that three districts in Humberside are each to have an electoral division named"Park", nor did he receive any representations about this matter during the statutory period allowed for representations.
§ Dr. Edmund Marshallasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration he has now given to the points raised by the hon. Member for Goole in the debate on the Adjournment on 4 March so for as they relate to the period between the date of receipt of the correction sheet by the Local Government Boundary Commission and the making of the County of Humberside (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981; and what consequences he considers flow from the fact that the period was less than the six weeks required by section 51(2) of the Local Government Act 1972.
§ Mr. MayhewMy right hon. Friend has examined the correction sheet referred to by the hon. Member and is satisfied that it does not constitute"proposals" for the purposes of section 51(2) of the Local Government Act 1972, under which electoral arrangements orders may not be made until after the expiry of six weeks from the day on which proposals have been submitted to him by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.