 A new Secretary of State, John Selwyn Gummer, had taken over in May, and he did not like these proposals, or the long time it took to produce them.Gummer sped-up the work plan and directed that all remaining reviews should start in December and be complete by the end of 1994.Gummer also issued new guidance, making it clear that wholly unitary solutions should be preferred, particularly ones smaller than existing counties but larger than existing districts.