§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now publish full constituency data for the new parliamentary constituencies in Scotland. [40207]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThis information is not held centrally. The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1995 gave effect to the proposals of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Scotland, copies of whose report have been placed in the House of Commons Library. The new constituencies do not come into effect, however, until the next general election. Until then, electoral registration officers have a statutory duty to publish registers according to the present constituencies, but they also make preparations to enable the registers to be adapted for use at the next general election.