The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill is examined by a committee of the whole House of Commons on 12th October. Cornwall's six coalition MPs, who for different reasons are supporting the Bill, hope to lobby deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg before then to secure the sort of amendment that would prevent abolition of the historic political border with Devon. In its present form the Bill commands the Boundary Commission to design new constituencies every five years - something which has not gone down well with those MPs who have noticed this detail. I expect the issue to surface on the fringes, if not the floors, of the three main party conferences in the next few weeks.
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