Constituency boundaries, boundary commission, parliamentary borders
Boundary Commissions questioned on constituency boundaries review
24 November 2014
Political and Constitutional Reform Committee holds the second evidence session for the inquiry into redrawing parliamentary boundaries. Representatives from the UK's four Boundary Commissions give evidence.
- Parliament TV: What next on redrawing Parliamentary boundaries?
- Inquiry: What next on redrawing Parliamentary boundaries?
- Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
Witnesses
Thursday 27 November 2014, Wilson Room, Portcullis House
At 10am
- Tony Bellringer, Secretary, Boundary Commission for England
- Steve Halsall, Secretary, Boundary Commission for Wales
- Dr William Smith, Member, Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland
- Hugh Buchanan, former Secretary, Boundary Commission for Scotland
- Isabel Drummond-Murray, Secretary, Boundary Commission for Scotland
Focus of the session
The session looks at the most recent review of parliamentary constituency boundaries, which was the first to be conducted under the new rules for distributing constituencies set out in the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011.