Question follow-through · 2016

Labour Together: Special Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will set out the meetings his Department's special advisers have had with Labour Together since he was appointed.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
18 May 2026
Target answer date
20 May 2026
Answer
12 Jun 2026 · 25 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will set out the meetings his Department's special advisers have had with Labour Together since he was appointed.

  2. 20 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Special Advisers are required to comply with the Special Adviser Code of Conduct at all times and are required to make declarations on meetings with senior media figures in line with published transparency guidance. Where a Special Adviser accompanies the...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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