The NWRA Submission to the Public Sector Relocation Project (“The Lyons Review”) which included sections on meaningful relocation, decentralisation improves delivery, decentralisation tackles regional disparities, towards a spatial strategy for modern, effective and democratic government, the case for the North West and why it should have additional central government employment in the region, the potential impact on the region, lessons and conclusions from previous relocations, decentralisation in Britain and Ireland and a spatial structure for governance in the 21st century (September 2003).