He said home buyers, sellers and lenders needed a way to certify that property had a clear title without undisclosed liens, changes to boundary lines and other shortcomings that could lower values and lead to disputes.
The change to boundaries at the C/D borderline has badly affected thousands of young people on the margins and those who are most vulnerable.
In 2013, however, about one-third of the councils facing election have been subject to ward boundary changes, sometimes resulting in fewer seats overall and often in changes to the boundaries of existing seats.
Under the terms of the settlement, proposed changes to attendance boundaries in the Capistrano Unified School District will take effect essentially as proposed.
In return Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem leader, had stymied changes to electoral boundaries that would have helped the Tories.
The proposed changes to constituency boundaries were intended to correct a strong bias in the electoral system in favour of the Labour Party.
He made clear the Lib Dems were prepared to block planned changes to parliamentary boundaries to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600, a reform that could give the Tories a net increase of up to 24 seats.
Changes to constituency boundaries, blocked by the Lib Dems in the Coalition Government, will give the Tories a 20-seat advantage at the 2020 general election.
Yet the matter that is drawing criticism for the Conservative Party this week, that of changes to constituency boundaries, seems the least deserving of attention.
(Following changes to parliamentary boundaries in 2007, Balls became MP for Morley and Outwood; in practice, it encompassed much of the same area).
