HL Deb 29 February 1996 vol 569 cc111-2WA
Lord Gisborough

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which Lord Lieutenants will he affected by changes in local government organisation that come into operation on 1st April 1996.

Viscount Cranborne:

On 1st April 1996 the following arrangements will conic into effect:

In the former county of Avon

  • Mr. Jay Tidmarsh will become the new Lord Lieutenant of the new county of Bristol.
  • Sir John Wills, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset, will cover the unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset as part of the new ceremonial county of Somerset.
  • Mr. Henry Elwes, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, will cover the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire as part of the new ceremonial county of Gloucestershire.

In the former country of Cleveland

  • You, at present Lord Lieutenant of Cleveland, will become Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, when the unitary authorities of Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees (south of the River Tees), previously in Cleveland, become part of the new ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.
  • Sir Marcus Worsley will continue as Lord-Lieutenant of the whole county of North Yorkshire, including the new unitary authority of York.
  • Mr. David Grant, as Lord Lieutenant of Durham, will cover the unitary authorities of Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees (north of the River Tees) within the new ceremonial county of Durham.

In the former county of Humberside

  • Mr. Richard Marriott will become the Lord Lieutenant of the new county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, covering the unitary authorities of Kingston upon Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire.
  • Mrs. Bridget Cracroft-Eley, as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, will cover the unitary authorities of North and North East Lincolnshire, will cover the unitary ceremonial county of Lincolnshire.