Many people are cynical about public engagement and consultation: “why should I get involved, no-one will listen”, or “they will just do what they want anyway”. What these remarks really mean is that people do want to have their say but don’t feel that it makes a difference to the decision-making process. They don’t see […]
Tackling the Climate Emergency: The value of Community Engagement Read More »
In a sea of uncertainty, the likely future for public consultations is remarkably easy to predict. The experience of 2020 has created a groundswell of scepticism and an increased wariness of top-down decision-making. Few people doubt the difficulties that Ministers, Councillors and public bodies of all kinds have faced. But, as recent High Court cases
Consultation in 2021: Prognosis and Predictions Read More »
Challenges to NHS reconfigurations are some of the most common consultation related cases we see in the Courts. The latest in this canon was brought against the Herts Valley CCG and judgment had just been handed down. The challenge was brought to two decisions to reorganise NHS hospital provision in Hertfordshire, alleging that they had
Do we need to ‘consult’ on option selection? Or just ‘involve’ ? Read More »
Well, we’re back and it’s been a quiet start to the year hasn’t it? Can barely think of anything notable that’s happened. So instead of what’s going on right now, we’re going to take a quick speculative look at the year ahead, what we might expect and what things we should be keeping an eye
The Week in Parliament- What should we expect in 2021? Read More »
Loathe though we are to unnecessarily return to 2020, it is the time of year where we have a brief look back of the number of public consultations we saw in the previous year, and who was the most prominent consultor. This data is compiled from our database which monitors all Government consultations- at this
2020 – the consultation retrospective Read More »
Hearken ye, and, on the Christmas when mixing and mingling is largely frowned on, listen to the tale that shocked the nation and became a morality play. It is said that St Dominic stood on a lofty perch, and held himself in the highest esteem. His words were feared, even when understood. His hinterland was
The journey to Barnard Castle: a seasonal Ghost story Read More »
The controversial Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) saga continues this week… LTN is a scheme where motor vehicle traffic in residential streets is significantly reduced by minimising the amount of traffic that comes from vehicles using the streets to get to another destination. In the past month, we have reviewed the legislation behind temporary traffic orders, looking at how easy
Local Transport controversies in England – more chapter and verse Read More »
This week saw the publication of the long-awaited energy white paper, probably the most comprehensive overview of how the Government plans to clean up the British energy system and achieve net zero by their 2050 deadline. By our reckoning, no fewer than eight energy related consultations are to be anticipated in 2021: On whether it’s
A localised green future- the energy white paper and joined-up thinking Read More »
As we’re now at the end of the year, I thought we might take the opportunity to go back through my near-meticulously kept (everyone’s allowed one tautology a year), spreadsheet which covers all mentions of consultation in the Westminster Parliament. Starting next year, we should have a new and improved system that also better covers
The Year in Parliament Read More »
This morning saw the Supreme Court judgment on R (Friends of the Earth) v Heathrow Airport Ltd [2020] UKSC 52 overturning a Court of Appeal ruling that declared the Government’s designation of its Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) unlawful. The 2019 judgment was largely because the Minister was judged not to have taken account of
Supreme-court’s Heathrow turnaround – four implications for public consultations Read More »
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