Clause 14
Local Democracy, Economic Developmentand Construction Bill [Lords]
6:15 pm
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall, Liberal Democrat)
I beg to move amendment 43, in clause 14, page 8, line 43, at end insert—
‘(4A) A principal local authority’s petition scheme must secure that where a petition is made to the authority that relates to matters set out by the appropriate national authority under section 14(4)(a) or by the Secretary of State under section 14(4)(b), the authority must within the specified period—
(a) forward the petition to the relevant department of state it considers responsible for the matters,
(b) notify the petition organiser in writing of this and of the authority’s reasons for doing so, and
(c) publish a notification on the authority’s website.’.