Following the news previously reported by VB about the House of Lords decision on the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, this article in from David Nove. Ed
News has come in that agreement has been reached between the Government and the House of Lords over the electoral reform bill.
An amendment passed in the Lords to reject the idea of the Island sharing an MP with part of the mainland was one of two defeats for the Government.
The coalition has now agreed to allow Public Hearings into any proposed Boundary Changes by the electoral Commission.
Quite where this leaves Parliamentary representation for the Island is unclear.
The Government could leave things alone or it could try to get the Lords decision overturned on the grounds that there would be a public hearing on any changes proposed.
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