questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure confidence in the Community Governance Review process where concerns are raised about local consultation and democratic representation.
answerText: <p>The Government has committed to updating the Community Governance Review guidance with good practice examples to better support local authorities and town and parish councils to work together. The decision to establish parish councils remains a local one.</p>
heading: Local Government: Reorganisation