§ Mr. Neil Thorneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Boundary Commission for England intends to conduct any interim reviews of parliamentary constituencies; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BrittanThe commission has informed me that under the powers provided in section 2(3) of the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 it intends to conduct an interim review of 23 parliamentary constituencies. The relevant details are as follows:
County Constituencies Avon Bristol East BC Avon Kingswood BC Avon Wansdyke CC Avon Weston Super Mare CC Avon Woodspring CC Cambridgeshire Peterborough BC Cambridgeshire Huntingdon CC Dorset South Dorset CC Dorset West Dorset CC Essex Basildon BC Essex Castle Point BC Humberside Brigg and Cleethorpes CC Humberside Glanford and Scunthorpe BC Merseyside Knowsley North CC Merseyside Knowsley South CC Somerset Wells CC Staffordshire Newcastle-under-Lyme BC Staffordshire Stafford CC Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent North BC Warwickshire Nuneaton CC Warwickshire Rugby and Kenilworth CC Wiltshire Devizes CC Wiltshire Swindon BC