HC Deb 02 June 1992 vol 208 cc381-3W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will place in the Library copies of his guidelines for the Local Government Boundary Commission on London and metropolitan counties, contained in his Department's circulars 33/78 and 20/86.

Mr. Robin Squire

Copies of the circulars have been placed in the Library today.

Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all the draft proposals published by the Local Government Boundary Commission regarding the boundaries of London boroughs for which final reports have yet to be issued, showing the dates of publication of first and further draft proposals and the dates by which comments were to be received.

Mr. Robin Squire

The information is set out in the table. It includes those reviews where the final report has been submitted recently.

1 The Commission will submit a separate report on the electoral consequences of their final report in due course

Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the findings of the Local Government Boundary Commission in its report No. 627, "The Boundaries of Greater London arid the London Boroughs"; and if he will set up a wide-ranging review of the pattern of London boroughs.

Mr. Robin Squire

The report is a useful document based on the thorough work the Local Government Boundary Commission has done in its London boundary reviews. We have no plans for radical change to the pattern of local government in London.