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Sunday 28 September 2014

District Council meets to consider issue of Lobbying ..... Tues 28th October

There have been regular pieces on this blog on 'transparency' at the District Council...

This was part of a series from September 2013: 

Futures Forum: Concerns about transparency and lobbying continue in East Devon: pt 3
And this is from several postings from December 2013: 
Futures Forum: Transparency and process in East Devon... continued: part three

The latest was last week: 
Futures Forum: Development and transparency at East Devon: "The longer this matter is kept quiet the more we think there is to hide."

A motion on lobbying was introduced back in February this year at the full Council 
(see also the links re 'lobbying'):
Futures Forum: District Council meets to consider issue of Lobbying ... Weds 26th February

... but the motion was sent on to the Standards Committee 'for clarification':
But what IS lobbying? Confusion breaks out over motion to encourage greater openness - Claire Wright

Part of the problem seems to be the difficulty of actually defining what 'lobbying' is:
Futures Forum: "What is lobbying?"... "Openness and transparency is vital."


Now the scheduled meeting of the Standards Cttee has been postponed 'to allow this report to be prepared' - as reported by Cllr Claire Wright:
Standards committee meeting deferred again for lobbying report to be prepared - Claire Wright

The agenda will be available on-line:
East Devon District Council - Standards Committee agendas, minutes and remit

More reports to follow...
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