Local Government: Public Participation
Commons · Question 29648 · Tabled 6 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance (a) her Department has and (b) its predecessor Departments have issued to councils on including within their constitutions provision for public participation at cou
Answer
Answered by Jim McMahon, 11 Feb 2025
We have been clear that it is not for Government to micromanage local authorities. We do not provide guidance on allowing public participation, such as deputations, at formal local authority meetings; it is for individual authorities to decide what public...