Clause 11 — Number and distribution of seats
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
6:00 pm
Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood, Conservative)
But surely under the new arrangements we will not be requiring the boundary commissions to aim at equality. We will be requiring them only to get within plus or minus 5%, and once they have done that they will be able to give complete consideration to local ties without worrying about getting closer to equality.