Local Government: Elections
Commons · Question 107954 · Tabled 22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his letter to council leaders whose elections he is seeking to postpone published on 22 January 2026, if he will make it his policy to utilise the affirmative procedu
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 29 Jan 2026
The Secretary of State’s decisions were explained in his Statements to the House on 22 January and the letter he sent to council leaders, which was also copied to the Honourable Member, and is publicly available. The Department will now prepare the necess...