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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with elected members in the devolved Administrations on the effectiveness of inter-governmental relations.

I meet First Ministers of the devolved administrations on a near fortnightly basis to discuss intergovernmental relations and shared issues such as Covid-19 response, supply chains, workforce pressures, and recently the UK's response to the situation in Ukraine.

I will shortly be chairing the first meeting of the Interministerial Standing Committee to welcome the new intergovernmental arrangements and discuss how the UK government and the devolved governments can continue to work together.