asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects the Local Government Boundary Commission to complete its review of the county of Cambridge; and whether this date will enable its recommendations to be implemented prior to the 1981 county elections.

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England cannot begin its electoral review of the county of Cambridgeshire until orders have been made providing new electoral arrangements for every district in the county. As the Commission has not yet submitted to me its report proposing new electoral arrangements for the district of East Cambridgeshire, I cannot say when the order implementing the Commission's proposals for that district, with or without modifications, will be made or whether the Commission's review of the county will have been completed in time for its recommendations to be implemented for the 1981 elections.