Orders of the Day — Clause 60

– in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 July 1972.

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COMMISSION'S REPORTS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION

Photo of Mr David Gibson-Watt Mr David Gibson-Watt , Hereford

I beg to move Amendment No. 905, in page 37, line 18, at end insert: 'Provided that an order giving effect to any such proposals shall not be made until after the expiry of six weeks from the day on which those proposals were submitted to him'. This Amendment is to bring the procedure for dealing with the implementation of the recommendation of the Welsh Boundary Commission into line with that of the English Commission. It inserts a proviso in Clause 60 similar to that inserted in the English Clause 53(2) by an Amendment moved by my hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Mr. Charles Morrison) in Standing Committee, thus implementing an undertaking which I gave to the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Cardiff, West (Mr. George Thomas). The effect of the Amendment would be to give a statutory breathing space of not less than six weeks between the submission of a report by the Welsh Commission and the making of an order by the Secretary of State.

Amendment agreed to.