Clause 1 - Electoral regions in the United Kingdom
European Parliament (Representation) Bill
4:30 pm
Mr William Cash (Stone, Conservative)
It struck me that the words ''and Gibraltar'' could be added, but the amendments have not yet been accepted. Until the decision has been taken under part 2 of the Bill, it would be invidious to include the words ''and Gibraltar'' at the beginning. However, the long title says:
''to make provision for and in connection with the establishment of an electoral region including Gibraltar for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections''.
On balance, the inclusion of the words probably would not do any harm at this stage, but I suspect that that could be left to later when we have considered the question of Gibraltar at greater length in part 2 of the Bill.