asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to publish the Parliamentary Boundary Commission's Report on the Northern Region.

The Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England is statu-torily required to submit its next report on a general review of constituencies between April 1979 and April 1984. It seems likely, having regard to local government reorganisation, that the Commission will aim to report in the early part of that period. The Commission does not produce regional reports.