Moving Commons outside London as well? Lord Kirkhope suggests Glasgow or Edinburgh

The government is considering moving the House of Lords outside London – potentially to York – as one of a range of options to “reconnect” politics with the public, the Conservative party chairman, James Cleverly, has confirmed.



Conservative peer Lord Kirkhope says the people of Yorkshire "woke up to the excitement" of the possibility of having Parliament in the North of England, only for it to be "somewhat sullied by later indication that it was only the House of Lords".

He says York would welcome the Lords with open arms, but suggests the government "looks carefully" for a new location for the Commons too, perhaps Glasgow or Edinburgh, for the sake of "national unity".


Lord Howe still gives nothing away, adding merely that he "felt sure all sorts of useful ideas would come from this debate".


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