Clause 9 - Electoral Commission recommendation as to the electoral region to be combined with Gibraltar
European Parliament (Representation) Bill
10:00 am
Mr Andrew Rosindell (Romford, Conservative)
A governor is often appointed and is often a career civil servant from the Foreign Office, as is, I believe, the present Governor. Does my hon. Friend agree that it would be absurd to expect, for example, a lord lieutenant or deputy lord lieutenant of a county to be consulted on parliamentary constituency boundaries? Surely, there is no justification for such consultation when elected representatives such as the leader of the Opposition are not consulted.