The issue of the acceptability of the electronic issuing of agendas for parish and town council meetings looks set to finally be legally resolved. Stephen Williams MP, Minister for Communities and Local Government, announced that he has accepted a proposal from Tenterton Town and Bleadon Parish Councils submitted under the Sustainable Communities Act (barrier busting) provisions relating to electronic dispatch of agendas.
He said on 14th May, "I am pleased to be able to confirm that this Department will soon be introducing secondary legislation that will allow all councils to circulate agendas electronically where the recipient has given permission for this. My officials recently shared draft legislation on this with the sector. We will be taking the legislation forward once we have considered the technical comments we received.
I am pleased that we have been able to accept (this) proposal, which was the first to be submitted by a parish council under the Act. These changes will make a significant improvement to the administration of town and parish councils."
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