Oral QuestionDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

What recent assessment he has made of the contribution of statutory public consultations to local decision-making.

Tabled: 9 February 2023Answered: 20 February 2023

Asked by

Gareth Bacon

ConservativeOrpington

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Answer from Hansard

Lisa Nandy

I thank my hon. Friend for that kind invitation. The Minister with responsibility for young people, my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley South (Stephanie Peacock), would be delighted to go, if she can make that work with her existing commitments. I share my hon. Friend’s view that we, as a Government, are not just interested in young people having a voice; we also want them to have real power to be in the driving seat of their own lives. That is why we have invited young people to co-produce the national youth strategy with us, and I am delighted that we have already made good on our promise of the biggest conversation with this generation that has ever taken place.