§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what action would be necessary for a parish or town council in England to be dissolved.
§ Mr. KeyA parish or town council in England can only be dissolved while the parish or town remains as a local government area, if there are fewer than 150 local government electors in the parish or town. In such cases the district council, on the application of the parish meeting, may by order dissolve the council.
A district council may review a parish or town and propose that its area should cease to form part of any parish. Such a proposal, if endorsed by the Local Government Boundary Commission and implemented by an order of the Secretary of State, would result in the end of the parish or town as a local government area, and with it the end of the parish or town council.