“It’s opened up democracy a lot more, which is what we have been trying to do.”
Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst, leader of Herts County Council s Liberal Democrat group
- Credit: Herts County Council
Leader of the Liberal Democrat group, Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst also believes the decision of the High Court was “disappointing”.
He said it is “unreasonable” of the government not to have made parliamentary time to legislate, to allow remote meetings to continue while COVID was a risk, and he hopes the Secretary of State would bring forward parliamentary time to do so.
Cllr Giles-Medhurst also pointed to those councillors who will be wary about returning to face to face meetings – and to the ‘huge’ extra costs of making premises ‘safe’.
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