Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008

I thank the Minister for outlining this mostly non-controversial order. I join him in thanking the people who worked on the Boundary Commission for the good work that they did and the time they put in. I have a couple of questions. Is it possible to get the number of electors in constituencies; for example, Foyle, Newry and Armagh? The Minister referred to community identities as one consideration and numbers as another. Those are two very important considerations, but which has precedence? Is it community identities or numbers? It seems to me that some areas were taken out of Foyle because it was said to be too big but, if I read the matter correctly, areas were added to Newry and Armagh, which makes it considerably bigger. Is that issue being looked at under community identities because it makes that constituency disproportionately big? When were changes made previously? I listened very closely to what he said about whether Northern Ireland is over-represented in the House of Commons. If I understand the situation correctly, we now share equal representation with people in Scotland, who, as part of an agreement of 1801, were overrepresented even before they got their devolved Parliament. We broadly agree with the order.