I am grateful that you have called me, Mr Owen. I want to put a few remarks on the record that are pertinent to those raised by the hon.

In trying to come up with a constructive solution, will my right hon.

In trying to come up with a constructive solution, will my right hon.

I want to pick up on the hon.

With the greatest respect, the boundary commissions gave their final proposals to the Government only on Monday.

I am reflecting on this from memory, so I hope the Committee will forgive me if I have not got it quite right, but I think the hon.

Again, I speak just for myself. My point is that the Government would not agree to take the Bill back on to the Floor of the House now.

If I follow the hon.

As I said, I do not speak for the Government but it seems to me that that might be a sensible way forward.

I will keep my remarks focused, given that we are considering only the motion to adjourn, and respond specifically to a couple of remarks