questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the statutory guidance, Appointing mayoral commissioners and setting/reporting allowances, updated 9 June 2026, paragraph 81, what guidance his Department has provided or plans to provide to local authorities on how a reasonable excuse for (a) refusing to attend a meeting, (b) refusing to provide information and (c) refusing to answer questions should be determined.
answerText: In regulations, we intend to create a power for Local Scrutiny Committees to impose a civil penalty in certain circumstances. This can be where; a person fails to attend a meeting, a person fails to answer a question at a meeting; a person fails to provid...
heading: Local Government: Meetings