Question follow-through · 54038

Community Assets: Moorland and Peatlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the Community Right to Buy powers proposed in the Devolution White Paper to allow community organisations to tak

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
21 May 2025
Target answer date
2 Jun 2025
Answer
5 Jun 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the Community Right to Buy powers proposed in the Devolution White Paper to allow community organisations to tak

  2. 2 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    This government is committed to supporting communities across the country and is going further than ever before in giving community organisations the ability to own and manage assets for the benefit of the wider community. As part of the English Devolutio...

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