§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what advice or guidance has been given to the Local Government Commission concerning the possible creation of new local authorities which straddle the commission's review areas.
§ Mr. BaldryIn drafting its final report to my right hon. Friend, in respect of a particular review, the Commission should make recommendations only in respect of the area specified by him in his direction to it.
The procedure guidance issued to the Commission in July 1992 provides that:
where the Commission judges it necessary, at any stage of a review, to make recommendations concerning localities bordering on that area, it should make a formal request to the Secretary of State, with reasons, for a variation in the direction requiring the review to be conducted.