P-04-331 Filming and Recording of Council Meetings

P-04-331 Filming and Recording of Council Meetings

Petition wording:

We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to place a statutory requirement on all local authorities in Wales to record, broadcast or livestream all Council meetings which are open to the public, via their existing websites to ensure openness and transparency. This requirement should allow members of the public, as responsible observers, to record or film such meetings without the need for prior permission and to re-use the material freely to provide a direct and wider line of communication to the electorate.

 

Lead petitioner:

Jacqui Thompson

 

Number of signatures:

223

 

Business type: Petition

Reason considered: Senedd Business;

Consultation process

Please see the consultation letter below for more information.

 

The Committee welcomes responses from both individuals and organisations. If you are responding on behalf of an organisation, please provide a brief description of the role of your organisation.

 

Generally, we ask for submissions to be made in writing because it is normal practice for the National Assembly to publish evidence provided to a Committee on our internet site so that it becomes part of the public record. However, we are also able to accept evidence in audio or video format.

 

The Committee welcomes contributions in English or Welsh, and we ask organisations with Welsh Language policies/schemes to provide bilingual submissions, in line with their public information policies.

 

If you wish to contribute evidence, please send an electronic copy of your submission to petition@wales.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can submit it by post to:

 

Committee Clerk, Petition Committee, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay, CF99 1NA.

 

Submissions should arrive by Thursday 3 November 2011. It may not be possible to take into account responses received after this date.

 

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