asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has considered the submission of the Administrator of district councils, received by the Minister of State on 6 February; and whether he will now announce his proposals for a phased introduction of those new ward boundaries which have yet to be approved, or give his reason for not making such proposals.

I have not yet completed my consideration of the views expressed by the Association of District Councils at its meeting at the Home Office on 6 February.