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The recent tortuous debates in the House of Lords over the Government’s plans to reduce the number of MP’s from 650-600 by proposed boundary changes has resulted in an agreement to hold further discussions about certain areas - many with large BME populations - to ensure they are not negatively affected.

The Government agreed to the principle of an amendment to the boundary changes moved by crossbench peer, Lady D'Souza, who called for the Boundary Commission to be given some flexibility to hold public inquiries on the constituency changes.