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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the governance structure of each district council in Greater Manchester after (1) the appointment of a Mayor for Greater Manchester, and (2) the election of a Mayor for Greater Manchester.

We have no plans to review the governance structures of the district councils in Greater Manchester. It is of course entirely open to those councils to consider for themselves the model of governance that is the most appropriate to their circumstances at any particular time, and should they wish to make changes, to do so in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act 2000.