Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 69866

Planning Permission: Local Government

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 1 September 2025

Question

Lewis Cocking

ConservativeBroxbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether mayors in (a) mayoral and (b) county combined authorities will have rights of veto.

Answer

Jim McMahon
The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, introduced to the House of Commons on 10 July 2025, makes provision to standardise voting arrangements for mayoral combined authorities and mayoral county combined authorities when making decisions. U...

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