questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on whether a local authority’s decision to respond to the invitation for two-tier restructuring requires approval of 
answerText: On 5 February, I formally invited proposals for local government reorganisation from all the councils in two tier areas and their neighbouring unitary councils. It is for councils themselves to decide what approval processes they should follow in respondi...
heading: Local Government: Reorganisation