Presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 3(2C) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, as amended by the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 and Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020.
Assistant commissioners
- Prior to the publication of the initial proposals, we ran a selection exercise for
the appointment of Assistant Commissioners to assist us with the discharge of
our functions. We received over 200 applications, and shortlisted over 40 for
interview. A panel consisting of one of the Commissioners (Sarah Hamilton),
the Secretary to the Commission (Tim Bowden) and an independent member
(Rohan Sivanandan) interviewed all shortlisted applicants and made
recommendations to the other Commissioners for appointments. We then
recommended 18 individuals to the Government for appointment, which it
accepted. The appointments were made in accordance with paragraph 6(1) of
Schedule 1 to the Act. - The Assistant Commissioners have been appointed to consider the
representations made during the initial consultation period and
counter-representations made during the secondary consultation period (see
below). A number of the Assistant Commissioners have been designated ‘lead’
Assistant Commissioners and will chair public hearings during the secondary
consultation period (see below). In due course, the Assistant Commissioners
will present and submit reports to us (to be prepared with the assistance of the
Secretariat) with their recommendations regarding our initial proposals and any
revisions to them. - In October 2021, we hosted an induction day for the Assistant Commissioners,
who were briefed on the requirements of the Act and our initial proposals for
each region.