Opposition Leader Kim Swan claimed if an election is called this summer, the Island would be using the old electoral boundaries.

Mr. Swan said Government pledged to put the Boundaries Commission report before the House of Assembly last month for debate this session.

The report has yet to be tabled and if it is not tabled during the current session of Parliament, it would not be able to take effect until the next session in November.

"Cabinet Secretary Marc Telemaque confirmed the Premier would lay down a draft order for approval of the report in the House of Assembly before the summer recess", Mr. Swan said.

"This commitment was a concern to us because the report had not appeared on the House of Assembly's Order Paper since it was tabled by the Speaker of the House in May.

"The Boundaries Commission report, which redraws electoral boundaries across the Island to make them more equal was completed in February."

Mr. Swan continued: "Although Mr. Telemaque's message did not constitute a guarantee the report would be considered before the summer break, we considered follow-on debate of the report in this session to be implicit in his message.

"Today, we want to take this opportunity to once again register concern that the Premier has not yet laid down the draft order for discussion of the report. There is just one scheduled sitting left before the summer adjournment, with rumours of at least one additional sitting next week.

"We consider this to be a matter of urgency and principle given the all-party commitment to the fairest possible reflection of the people's will in the event of an election."

The changes would mean it is the first time the electoral map has been redrawn since 2003, when 36 single seat constituencies were created.

Government Whip Lovitta Foggo did not respond by press time as to whether or not the report would be tabled during this Parliamentary session.