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Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 January 2026

Debate

Local Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2026

Contribution

As regards changes in local government, the River Tyne, for instance—which I know extremely well, being a Geordie—was always the border between Northumberland and County Durham. Of course, the Tyne and Wear authority encompassed the whole thing. But at the same time, a number of rivers have management operations in which the board is made up of different components of a number of interested local authorities, which are not necessarily local authorities that are, as it were, on one side or the other of that river. I do not know whether that confuses this even further—I suspect that it does.

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