HC Deb 08 November 1989 vol 159 c640W
Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Lord President of the Council whether he has any plans to relocate the Privy Council offices to the north-west of England; and if he will make a statement.

Sir Geoffrey Howe

I have no such plans. The Privy Council Office accommodates the Leaders of both Houses, the departments of the Clerk of the Privy Council and of the Judicial Committee of the Council. It would be impossible for those concerned to discharge their responsibilities to the sovereign and to Parliament if the office were to be located outside central London.