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Local Government: Political Impartiality

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 78212

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether strategic authority commissioners will be politically restricted.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh

The 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 this guidance.

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