I am grateful to the noble Lord, as that is a very good point. My assumption is that we would try to have a whole constituency included, but the noble Lord is right that that is not as crystal clear as he would like. May I write to him about it? I will make sure that I take advice from officials about what we would do. My interpretation is that we would seek to include a whole constituency for the obvious reason that splitting it up would be hopeless in terms of development. If I am wrong about that, I will make sure that I inform the noble Lord. However, that would be the approach that I would take and it is my interpretation of the Bill. As the noble Lord has asked for clarity, I will attempt to be clear.
Electoral Administration Bill
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Baroness Ashton of Upholland
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 28 February 2006.
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