Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 25 October (HL2504 and HL2506), what update they can now provide regarding the Strategic Futures Advisory Panel.

On 18 August 2022 the Liverpool Strategic Futures Panel was announced. The independent Panel will work alongside Liverpool City Council. The Panel will craft a plan for the future of Liverpool and the wider city region with a particular focus driving growth in skills, jobs and opportunities, that stretches beyond the current temporary intervention. Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram was invited to work with Baroness Blake of Leeds and Sir Howard Bernstein to agree a Terms of Reference and membership for the Panel. We are working closely with Mayor Rotheram's team and will make an announcement in due course to confirm details of its first meeting including how the Panel will operate, and how elected members from Liverpool City Council engage with the Panel and its work.