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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what statutory frameworks for democratic accountability his Department plans will apply to Metro Mayors.

As provided for in the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill, metro mayors, who are directly accountable to the people through the ballot box, will be a clear and effective single point of democratic accountability, which will be further strengthened by being statutorily held to account throughout their term of office by strong and independent overview and scrutiny committees.