
The initial consultation attracted a very significant and encouraging rate of response and engagement, with well over 22,000 unique written representations being received, in addition to over 1,100 oral representations that were made at public hearings.
The publication of the written representations and verbatim transcripts of the public hearings will start the statutory 'secondary consultation period', when individuals and organisations have an opportunity to submit comments to the Boundary Commission on the representations that have been made by others.
The period of consultation as prescribed in the legislation is short (four weeks), so we are providing advance notice now - to give people maximum opportunity to submit their views in time - of our intention to publish at noon on Tuesday 6 March 2012. Respondents to the secondary consultation will therefore need to ensure that their comments are received by the Boundary Commision no later than noon on Tuesday 3 April 2012.
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