Boundary Change Petition

Richard Cleaver has started a petition about boundary changes, which can be found here: https://www.change.org/Review_the_Rutland_Stamford_boundary

All of the relevant information is on the petition, but the essence of it is this: “We believe that the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government should initiate a boundary commission review of the Lincolnshire / Rutland boundary with a view to moving the A1 and the area of Rutland to the east of it into the same new unitary authority as Stamford, along with any parishes which border the A1 to the west which express a desire to be included in the review.  Any boundary change should be without prejudice to any current part of Rutland remaining in the ceremonial county of Rutland for the purposes of the Lord-Lieutenancy.  As this boundary change would be relatively modest in scope, there should be no problem with simultaneously moving the Police, Fire, and NHS area boundaries at the same time, which would undoubtedly result in efficiency gains for those services.”

Clearly, those villages which are served by Stamford should have a say in how those services are provided.