Written question asked by Lord Waddington (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 July 2001. It was answered by Baroness Amos (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 July 2001.

Amos, Baroness

Question: Why it is proposed to change the Bermuda constitution, empowering a boundaries commission to make recommendations as to whether there should be single member constituencies and how many seats there should be in the House of Assembly, without there first being a constitutional conference to seek agreement on these matters; and whether these arrangements are compatible with the undertaking given by the British Government in 1966 that no major change in the constitution would be made without such a conference. [HL 253].

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