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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what powers local councils have to ensure all those who attend council meetings provide a negative test result for COVID-19 before they are allowed entrance to those meetings in the period for which COVID-19 restrictions are in place.

I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 9 June 2021 to PQ HL577 and HL578, see (attached) the links:

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-25/hl577

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-25/hl578