This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Petition Move Parliament to a central UK location during building repairs at Westminster.
London-centric investment and thinking dominates at the expense of the rest of the UK. The political establishment, and the nation, would benefit immensely from having a more geographically central view point, if only temporarily for the duration of Houses of Parliament building works.
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Renovating the Houses of Parliament with Commons and Lords in occupation will be costly beyond belief.
Historically Parliament often moved.
Germany has coped well with moving the Bundestag first to Bonn, and then back to Berlin.
Today's (16 February 2016) news of the closing of Bede's World museum in Jarrow is just the latest indication of the dominance of London and the South East and the reinforcement of the North-South divide.
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