Question follow-through · 61316
Councillors: Conduct
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what statutory powers are available to local standards committees to investigate and sanction councillors for breaches of the Nolan Principles.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 19 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
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- Local Government: Staff · 20 Oct 2025
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Recorded timeline
19 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what statutory powers are available to local standards committees to investigate and sanction councillors for breaches of the Nolan Principles.
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jun 2025
Answer published
The government’s December 2024 consultation set out the government’s views on the adequacy of the current local government standards regime. The consultation also set out what sanctions are currently available and that government considers that, in key as...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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