Clause 1 - Reports of the Boundary Commissions

Part of Parliamentary Constituencies Bill – in the House of Commons at 3:45 pm on 10 November 2020.

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Photo of John Spellar John Spellar Labour, Warley 3:45, 10 November 2020

The right hon. Lady’s example of the Rhondda does not hold, I am afraid, because the allocation of seats to Wales will be based on the number of registered electors. Therefore, there may be some variations within Wales, but her seat in Basingstoke and constituencies in Wales are covered by another part of the Bill. Yet again, why have this dislocation when it does not actually impact in the way that she is describing?