HC Deb 11 January 1993 vol 216 c595W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the six additional European Parliament seats will be allocated between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The Government are developing proposals on how the additional seats allocated to the United Kingdom could best be allocated.

Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what boundaries the 1994 European elections will be fought following the allocation of six additional seats to the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh summit; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Consideration is currently being given to how the European parliamentary constituency boundaries may be re-drawn to accommodate the six additional seats allocated to the United Kingdom in time for the 1994 European parliamentary elections.