Petition · past parliament
Change legislation to give councils a choice to meet online or face to face.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Local government councils have been instructed by government to return to face to face meetings. When councils were meeting on zoom and other online platforms many more people joined the meetings. Please can the legislation be changed to give councils a choice to meet either online or face to face.
During the pandemic when councils had to meet online, many more people viewed and joined in the local meeting Typically face to facc meeting only have a few residents in attendance. However, when meeting were online 50+ people would attend. So changing the legislation would enable many more of the public to get involved in local democracy and local politics. And to give better access to local decisions making processes.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 11 Jun 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 17 Jun 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
17 Jun 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.