Local Government Reform (Hansard, 20 July 1993)

§ Mr. Kirkwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the names of those organisations or individuals who made representations in favour of joining the counties of Berwickshire and East Lothian in the course of the recent consultation exercise on local government reform.

§ Mr. Stewart
[holding answer 19 July 1993]: A total of 33 individuals and organisations commented upon the proposed structure of local government for East Lothian, for Berwickshire or for both of these areas. Of these, six supported the merging of East Lothian and Berwickshire to form a new single-tier local authority. The organisations and individuals who supported the creation of such an authority are as follows:

Eric A Gray

R B Cowe

J Evans

mouth Community Council

Councillor Ludovic Brown Lindsay

Pauline Humphrey

§ Mr. Home Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if any information about his plans for changes in local government areas was conveyed to the Scottish Parliamentary Boundaries Commission before 8 July; and if he will make a statement on the nature of such information.

§ Mr. Stewart
[holding answer 19 July 1993]: No such information was conveyed to the Scottish Parliamentary Boundaries Commission prior to the publication of the White Paper "Shaping the Future—The New Councils".