Question follow-through · 76193

Local Government: Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to introduce local referenda as part of Government consultations on local government reorganisation in Leicestershire.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled: 9 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 16 Sept 2025
Answer: 16 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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9 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to introduce local referenda as part of Government consultations on local government reorganisation in Leicestershire.
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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16 Sept 2025
Answer published
As stated in the previous answer to Question UIN 68332 on 22 July, we do not have any plans to require local referenda as part of the local government reorganisation process. Under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, Parliament...

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