Treaty of European Union

HC Deb 14 May 1992 vol 207 c165W

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what examination his Department has made of the treaty of European union signed at Maastricht for incompatibility with existing EEC law; and what discrepancies have been discovered.

Mr. Nelson

[holding answer 11 May 1992]: My Department examined the treaty on European union very thoroughly throughout the negotiations leading to its signature, but since the purpose of the treaty is to add to or amend the provisions of the treaty of Rome, which is the basis of all Community law, the issue of incompatibility with existing EC law does not arise.

Parliamentary electors registered in each constituency in Greater Manchester, 1983 to 1987
Parliamentary constituency	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
Altrincham and Sale BC	66,838	67,330	67,591	67,775	68,407	68,531	68,284	67,838	67,135	66,985
Ashton under Lyne BC	59,568	59,611	59,217	59,140	59,019	59,168	59,071	59,320	59,221	59,170
Bolton North East BC	59,719	60,286	60,340	59,939	60,149	59,841	59,490	59,782	59,997	59,209
Botlton South East BC	68,394	67,676	67,170	66,879	66,803	66,564	66,117	66,471	66,671	66,245
Bolton West CC	68,221	69,081	69,739	70,208	70,722	70,699	71,448	72,526	72,820	72,067
Bury North BC	66,960	67,553	67,899	68,170	68,830	69,390	69,612	70,411	70,172	70,313
Bury South BC	65,642	65,607	65,681	65,672	65,785	66,154	65,641	66,157	66,122	66,456
Cheadle BC	67,334	67,810	68,456	68,876	69,137	69,434	68,995	68,085	67,276	66,934
Davyhulme BC	65,790	66,153	66,060	66,227	66,331	66,017	65,221	64,449	63,695	63,279
Denton and Reddish BC	69,430	69,612	69,457	69,735	70,218	70,586	70,303	70,041	69,462	69,048
Eccles BC	68,016	67,977	67,502	67,639	67,529	67,179	66,466	66,334	65,760	65,326
Hazel Grove CC	64,348	64,896	65,046	65,499	66,506	66,635	66,309	66,003	65,344	65,034
Heywood and Middleton CC	60,348	60,973	61,204	61,008	60,111	59,451	58,175	58,112	57,697	57,796
Leigh BC	68,764	69,056	68,954	69,407	69,925	70,236	70,257	70,708	70,492	70,706
Littleborough and Saddleworth CC	64,660	65,490	66,257	66,597	66,795	66,446	66,134	66,564	66,316	66,304
Makerfield CC	69,935	70,308	70,850	71,289	71,549	71,637	71,316	71,798	71,803	72,034
Manchester, Blackley BC	60,861	60,814	60,769	60,482	59,799	58,521	56,100	55,669	55,902	55,701
Manchester, Central BC	70,088	68,637	66,903	65,767	64,000	61,374	57,296	56,319	57,176	56,907
Manchester, Gorton BC	65,394	65,183	64,991	65,023	65,221	64,613	62,290	62,380	62,710	62,848
Manchester, Withington BC	65,354	65,407	65,297	66,178	66,295	65,846	64,103	64,054	64,138	64,313
Manchester, Wythenshawe BC	61,876	61,234	60,646	60,314	59,403	57,982	55,903	55,061	54,807	54,045
Oldham Central and Royton BC	67,818	67,309	67,214	66,630	65,845	64,041	62,960	62,840	62,177	61,902
Oldham West BC	58,077	58,428	58,507	58,228	57,698	56,694	55,474	55,252	54,779	54,519
Rochdale BC	67,456	68,158	69,169	69,019	69,477	69,309	69,875	70,127	70,301	70,297
Salford East BC	64,649	63,506	61,089	59,687	58,518	56,925	55,007	54,271	53,199	52,928
Stalybridge and Hyde CC	68,654	68,679	68,405	68,638	68,720	68,452	68,177	68,491	68,739	68,772
Stockport BC	59,389	59,904	59,806	60,292	60,618	60,654	60,219	59,920	58,997	58,558
Stretford BC	58,108	58,593	58,432	58,419	58,246	57,188	55,567	55,013	54,903	54,874
Wigan BC	73,100	72,888	72,584	72,472	72,842	72,989	73,274	73,680	73,506	73,381
Worsley CC	72,941	73,616	73,608	73,721	73,918	74,062	73,660	73,917	72,974	72,841
Total	1,967,731	1,971,775	1,968,843	1,968,929	1,968,416	1,956,618	1,932,744	1,931,593	1,924,291	1,918,792

Note:

BC =Borough constituency.

CC =County constituency.

Source: Population Estimates Unit, OPCS.