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Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008

I hesitate to take up 30 seconds of the Minister’s time, but will he be kind enough to confirm that there are no major changes to the particular geographical areas, or wards, in the schedules? I seem to remember when I served in what is now the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs—in my time, it was called the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food—that a matter of 100 metres or so of boundaries could affect the water supply and other aspects of the environment as well as restrictions on particular areas. I draw the Minister’s attention to line 3 of paragraph 2 at the bottom of page 5. Am I right in thinking that Audley’s Acre in South Down, the county constituency, is not a complete island but is in the vicinity of a particular area, which I think was known as Audley’s Castle or Audley’s Point, at the south end of Strangford Loch by Strangford village? Will he confirm that it is there and not an island elsewhere? Certainly from my memory and from reading about these wards, I do not think that there should be any major differences or shake-up. I do not want to waste his time or that of the Committee. If he has the answer, wonderful: if not, perhaps he could write to me. I thank him.