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Legislative Programme and Budget Statement (Wales)

I thank the right hon. Gentleman, no, the hon. Gentleman, for that intervention. He is not a right hon. Gentleman. No, I cannot confirm that. As the hon. Gentleman knows, the Prime Minister announced his intention to equalise the size of constituencies so that each vote counts the same and has the same weight. I would have thought that the hon. Gentleman, in the spirit of equity and fairness, would welcome that. However, we will of course have to consider the matter and work with the Welsh Assembly Government to look at the boundaries and at the effects on Wales—[ Interruption. ] Hold on one second, the hon. Gentleman is terribly anxious to get to his feet. We will look at the constituency boundaries and at the Welsh Assembly boundaries, and at how they interact with the community council boundaries. I do not want to prejudge the outcome of any commission inquiry.