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Time out for Twelve weeks? – Is the ‘Twelve-week rule’ past its sell-by date?
Ask any group of public engagement and consultation professionals about standards and the chances are that the one rule they will identify as being applicable will be the years-old convention that consultations should extend for a minimum of twelve weeks.
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