Jeffrey M. Donaldson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jeffrey M. Donaldson on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to reappoint the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland.

Mrs Theresa Villiers

In May, I reappointed William Smith to the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland for a further five year term. There is currently one remaining vacancy in the position of member and I plan to launch a competition to fill this position in the autumn. This will ensure that the Commission will have its full complement of members well in advance of when preparations need to commence for the next review of Parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland, which is likely to be around late 2015.