DebateGeneral CommitteeWednesday, 24 June 202614:30

Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Control of Disposals etc.) (Amendment) Order 2026

Parliamentary debate

Parliament will review a technical amendment to the 2024 Local Government Act that tightens rules on how councils can sell or dispose of assets when they undergo structural reorganisation or boundary changes. The amendment order refines financial controls and reporting requirements to prevent councils from disposing of property at undervalue during periods of administrative change, when oversight may be weaker.

This affects all English councils undergoing merger, devolution, or boundary reform. It protects public assets from being sold cheaply during periods of structural instability, ensuring taxpayer value is preserved when councils reorganise. The measure has modest but real impact on local authority finances and asset management during the wave of structural changes now underway.

Local Government

MPs most likely to speak

David SimmondsConservative and Unionist Party

Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Shadow Levelling Up — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on local-government (119 times, 40pts); Known positions: local-government: opposed, local-government: questioning, local-government: neutral (30pts)Voting record

Lewis CockingConservative and Unionist Party

Broxbourne

Spoken on local-government (85 times, 40pts); Known positions: local-government: opposed, local-government: questioning, local-government: supportive (30pts); Committee: housing, communities and local government committee (20pts)Voting record

Samantha DixonLabour Party

Chester North and Neston

Parliamentary Under-Secretary — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Venue: 18 Commons Chamber debates (×0.85); Spoken on local-government (25 times, 26pts); Known positions: local-government: supportive, local-government: neutral, local-government: opposed (26pts)Voting record

Miatta FahnbullehLabour and Co-operative Party

Peckham

Parliamentary Under-Secretary — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on local-government (46 times, 40pts); Known positions: local-government: supportive (10pts)Voting record

Florence EshalomiLabour and Co-operative Party

Vauxhall and Camberwell Green

Spoken on local-government (56 times, 40pts); Known positions: local-government: questioning, local-government: supportive (20pts); Committee: housing, communities and local government committee (Chair) (25pts)Voting record

Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Control of Disposals etc.) (Amendment) Order 2026

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