Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 94033
Parish and Town Councils: Complaints
Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 27 November 2025
Named DayQuestion
Tom Gordon
Liberal Democrat — Harrogate and Knaresborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made in implementing the conclusion of the 2014 consultation on modernising parish poll rules; and if he will take legislative steps to (a) stren
Answer
Miatta FahnbullehThe government acknowledges that a significant time has passed since the coalition government consulted on proposals to modernise the parish polls.The government has no immediate plans to amend the parish poll regulations.