Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 30642 on Tower Hamlets Council, which opposition parties are represented on the Board; and if she will ensure that each opposition party on the council is able to send a councillor to the Board.

I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 30642 on 19 February 2025.

The Deputy Prime Minister has directed that Tower Hamlets Council should include at least two opposition councillors on its Transformation and Assurance Board. The exact approach to that is, quite properly, a matter for the Council itself not for Ministers.

The Council is responsible, subject to the Directions given by the Deputy Prime Minister, for its own improvement journey and the government is committed to working in a spirit of partnership to ensure councils across the country are fit, legal and decent.