Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 June 1995. It was answered by Robert B Jones (Conservative) on Monday, 19 June 1995 on behalf of the Department of the Environment.

Dept of the Environment

Question: If the rules on political balance set out in his reply to the honourable Member for Thurrock, on 21st July 1994, 247 c464W, apply to area committees established exclusively to discharge the authority's functions or to advise the authority in respect of the area and where all voting members are from wards wholly or partly within the area and either the area does not exceed two fifths of the authority's whole area or the population of the area does not exceed two fifths of the authority's total population. - The political balance rules would not apply in this case.

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