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Councillors: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to consider the potential merits of a statutory code of conduct for local government councillors.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
27 Oct 2025
Answer
29 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to consider the potential merits of a statutory code of conduct for local government councillors.

  2. 27 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 78274 on 20 October 2025. The government consulted on reforms to the local government standards regime earlier this year and the response will be issued in due course.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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