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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 2 September 2026
Debate
Direction of GovernmentContribution
I today extend the same offer to all parts of England without devolved power. The First Secretary of State, my right honourable friend the Member for Sheffield Heeley, Louise Haigh, will today write to every Member of this House setting out how they can engage No. 10 North in the service of the places they represent. I extended the same offer to the First Ministers of Scotland and Wales, and the First and Deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland when I met them over the summer. As they rightly pointed out, their situations are different, but there is interest in what a local model of devolution could look like in each of the home nations, and we will discuss that with them at a special meeting of the National Economic Council next month.
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