Question follow-through · 116038
Local Government: Elections
To ask the Solicitor General, if the Attorney General whether he provided advice to (a) the Prime Minister and (b) the Secretary of State for Local Government on the original decision to cancel local elections in May 2026.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Attorney General
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Solicitor General, if the Attorney General whether he provided advice to (a) the Prime Minister and (b) the Secretary of State for Local Government on the original decision to cancel local elections in May 2026.
3 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2026
Answer published
By long standing convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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