Question follow-through · 15021
Local Government: Recall Petitions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce recall petition powers for communities in relation to their elected council representatives.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 1 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
- Housing: Overcrowding · 14 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
1 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce recall petition powers for communities in relation to their elected council representatives.
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2026
Answer published
The government is not currently proposing to introduce recall petition powers for councillors. Instead, we are committed to strengthening the local government standards regime through a comprehensive package of reforms. The government response to the ‘Str...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Housing: Overcrowding
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to amend the definition of statutory overcrowding to prevent living and dining rooms being defined as bedrooms.