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HL HL5592
Local Government: Devolution
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10 March 2025
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Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the publication on 16 December 2024 of the English Devolution White Paper, whether they intend to retain ceremonial counties for the purposes of appointing Lord Lieutenants and High Sheriffs.
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10 March 2025
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the publication on 16 December 2024 of the English Devolution White Paper, whether they intend to retain ceremonial counties for the purposes of appointing Lord Lieutenants and High Sheriffs.
Source: Lords
24 March 2025
Answer
There is no intention that the priorities set out in the English Devolution White Paper will impact on the ceremonial counties or the important roles that Lord Lieutenants and High Sheriffs play as the Monarch’s representatives in those counties, and cere...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-10/HL5592
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1782604
- uk · wq-1782604 · source updated 24 March 2025