Parliament and Central Government: Relocation

Lord Bishop of Chester Excerpts

Tuesday 29th November 2016 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen]

I thank my noble friend for that very interesting point. We are encouraging people to join the Civil Service and looking for highly intelligent, motivated people. As I said earlier, a lot of those people will be working in the north; they will also be working in the east, the west and the south. That is why we are encouraging departments to have hubs outside the centre.

[The Lord Bishop of Chester]

My Lords—

[Lord Clark of Windermere (Lab)]

My Lords—

[The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park) (Con)]

My Lords, we will go to the Bishops’ Bench.

[The Lord Bishop of Chester]

Are we quite sure whether the people of the north would want Parliament in the north?

[Noble Lords]

Oh!