Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to respond to the Committee on Standards in Public Life review of local government ethical standards.

The Committee on Standards in Public Life report recommends numerous legislative changes and other amendments to strengthen the local government standards and conduct system. Of the 26 recommendations, 22 were aimed at Government. We will be issuing the Government response to the report in due course.