Local Government: Meetings
Commons · Question 127610 · Tabled 15 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by David Simmonds
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued governance guidance to local authorities on whether a sitting Chairman or civic Mayor can preside over, and participate in, a Full Council debat
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 23 Apr 2026
Local authority governance arrangements are a matter for councils themselves, operating within the statutory framework set by the Local Government Act 1972.