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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 15 November 2011.

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Photo of Richard Graham Richard Graham Conservative, Gloucester 11:30, 15 November 2011

I strongly support the principle of fairness in constituency size, which is behind the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, but does the Deputy Prime Minister recognise that the Boundary Commission’s proposal to relocate Gloucester’s entire city centre into the Forest of Dean constituency seriously damages the link between the Member of Parliament and the city, and the accountability of the MP for Gloucester’s regeneration? Does he agree that the Boundary Commission could split a ward? Will he confirm that that is in order?