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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from or on behalf of town and county authorities on his Department's policies on devolution.

My Department has received representations from or on behalf of numerous town and county authorities to discuss policy on devolution and to bring forward proposals for the devolution of powers. I welcome these representations and encourage proposals from all areas which would welcome increased powers and greater freedoms to maximise their economic growth, where the case can be made that there is both strong governance and the capacity and capability to deliver.