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I am able to give the hon. Lady an unequivocal assurance.

There comes a time in politics when all of us have to look at ourselves in the mirror—me included—and ask the following question: are we up

The hon.

My right hon.

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend.

And the Government will abide by that.

I have to commend the hon. Lady for her persistence, but to reopen the issue in that way would be, with the greatest of respect to my hon.

It is something that should make us focus even more determinedly upon the need to make decisions—however imperfect, however unpalatable, how

I am able to give the hon. Lady an unequivocal assurance.

I should like to inform the House that I have made the following reappointment under Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986