Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 78212
Local Government: Political Impartiality
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether strategic authority commissioners will be politically restricted.
Answer
Miatta FahnbullehThe government will be setting out further details on Commissioners in statutory guidance using powers set out in Schedule 3 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. We will consider appropriate political restrictions to be included in th...
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