Please reconsider the decision to end virtual meetings for Councils

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Government has announced that emergency powers to allow councils to hold meetings virtually during the pandemic will end. This is a backwards step, and will have a negative impact of access to democracy and discriminates against thousands of councillors - the young, shielding, and the vulnerable.

Extend the current Powers until september to allow for the results of the consultation to be carefully considered rather than just making this decision with the benefits of understanding the positive impact that this has had.
Given Councils the power to choose what meetings could be virtual.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Extend local authorities' power to hold virtual meetings beyond 7 May
Extend local authorities' power to hold virtual meetings beyond 7 May

Timeline

26 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
12 Apr 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Apr 2021

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