Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 21 July 2026, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage.

Local Government Reorganisation

Lords statement on local government reorganisation.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 858 cc1043-1057
Session: 2026-27
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Local Government Reorganisation
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Written statements
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Jamieson | 858 cc1046-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for the opportunity to ask questions on this Statement. On these B...; Baroness Pinnock | 858 cc1047-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there are some deeply worrying elements in the Statement. First, it was issued on the f...; Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 858 cc1048-1051 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, and the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, f...; Lord Wilson of Sedgefield | 858 c1051 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we will now have 20 minutes for the Back Benches. This time is just for Back-Benchers, ...; Lord Shipley | 858 c1051 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords—; 858 c1051 (Link to this contribution)
Oh!; Lord Wilson of Sedgefield | 858 c1051 (Link to this contribution)
We will start with the Conservatives.
4.56 pm; Baroness Eaton | 858 c1051 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the LGA. It is very encouraging to see how...; Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 858 c1051 (Link to this contribution)
When we took these decisions, we were very aware that some of the councils involved were already ...; Lord Grocott | 858 c1052 (Link to this contribution)
Can my noble friend provide some details and facts? She may not be able to answer now, but I woul...; Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 858 c1052 (Link to this contribution)
The estimate of the savings came from the work that the local authorities did themselves. I accep...; Lord Shipley | 858 c1052 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Prime Minister said yesterday:
“We will take power out of here and carry it i...; Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 858 c1052 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord was part of the discussions on the English Devolution and Community Empo...; Lord Porter of Spalding | 858 c1053 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is obvious that you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs, but this seems to...; Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 858 c1053 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble Lord for mentioning our new Prime Minister, because he is quite keen o...; Lord Bach | 858 c1053 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I warmly congratulate the Minister and the Government on their decision to extend the b...; Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 858 c1053 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my noble friend, as ever, particularly for his championing of Leicestershire, wh...; Lord Swire | 858 c1054 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Labour Party has a record of trying to destroy what it regards as Tory support, par...; Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 858 c1054 (Link to this contribution)
I am going to sound a bit like a stuck record, but the proposals came forward from the local auth...; 858 c1054 (Link to this contribution)
Oh!; Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 858 c1054 (Link to this contribution)
Well, we looked at all the proposals that were submitted and we assessed them. Noble Lords opposi...; Lord John of Southwark | 858 c1055 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as a councillor, I have always represented about 3,000 electors, but they and I always ...; Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 858 c1055 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my noble friend for raising this very important issue. Those of us who have oper...; Lord Lansley | 858 c1055 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I draw attention to my registered interest as chair of the Cambridgeshire Development F...; Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 858 cc1055-6 (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful that we will debate that issue tomorrow, because at one point this afternoon I...; Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 858 c1056 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my position as vice-president of the Local Government Association and of the ...; Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 858 c1056 (Link to this contribution)
First of all, I do not think that they will be far-distant unitary councillors. In my experience,...; Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 858 c1056 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, can my noble friend confirm that, possibly unlike in some other areas, the proposals fo...; Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 858 c1057 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my noble friend for his welcome of that decision. He is quite right, of course, that when...; Lord McLoughlin | 858 c1057 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, being a bit sceptical, like the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, as to the alleged savings tha...; Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 858 c1057 (Link to this contribution)
That is a very important issue indeed, which we picked up on early in the process. The Secretary ...
Subjects: Cost effectiveness Devon Finance Elections East Sussex Kent Local government Plymouth Nottingham Worcestershire Leicester Lincolnshire Derbyshire Lancashire Gloucestershire West Sussex Staffordshire Peterborough Oxfordshire Hertfordshire Reorganisation Unitary councils Warwickshire Cambridgeshire Leicestershire Rutland Derby North Lincolnshire Brighton North East Lincolnshire Medway Nottinghamshire Torbay Stoke on Trent Blackpool Blackburn with Darwen
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Local Government Reorganisation

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