HC Deb 27 October 1998 vol 318 c122W
Ms Jenny Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the next award of city status will be made. [57155]

Mr. Straw

Her Majesty has expressed the intention of marking both the Millennium and the 50th Anniversary of Her Accession to the Throne by grants of city status. Towns which have expressed an interest in this honour will be contacted in due course and invited to submit formal applications.