asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give an assurance that in no circumstances the Government would countenance one constituency for the European Assembly which contained the whole of the three counties of Gwynedd, Clwyd and Dyfed.

Under the European Assembly Elections Act, it will be for Parliament to decide the European Assembly constituencies in Wales on the basis of the final recommendations of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Wales. The commission will first publish its provisional recommendations, on which it will be open to the hon. Member and others to make representations direct to the commission.