Consultation outcome

Allowing joint committees and combined authorities to hold meetings by video conference

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 9 November 2016
• Last updated: 16 July 2019 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Allowing joint committees and combined authorities to hold meetings by video conference: Summary of consultation responses and the government response

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Detail of outcome

This document provides a summary of consultation responses received and the government’s response to this consultation.

The government is satisfied that, with appropriate safeguards to maintain town hall transparency, there are clear benefits to giving local authorities operating joint committees and combined authorities the ability to hold formal meetings by video conference.

The government now intends to speak with the sector, with a view to extending the use of video conferencing in formal meetings to other local authorities, before making a final decision on what to include in the legislation.

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Original consultation

Summary

Proposals for giving local authorities operating joint committees, and combined authorities, the ability to hold meetings by video conference.

This consultation ran from
9am on 9 November 2016 to 11:45pm on 11 January 2017

Consultation description

Consultation on proposals to give local authorities operating joint committees, and combined authorities, but not councils as a whole, the ability to hold formal meetings using video conferencing facilities.

Documents

Connecting town halls: consultation on allowing joint committees and combined authorities to hold meetings by video conference

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-4933-9

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Published 9 November 2016
Last updated 16 July 2019 + show all updates

1. 16 July 2019

   Added consultation response.

2. 9 November 2016

   First published.