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Public Speaking at Council Meetings

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Residents who want to give their views on an item on a Borough Council agenda are being reminded that they have that chance.

People living in West Lancashire have the chance to speak on certain agenda items at Council meetings where important decisions are made that affect people across the borough.

In addition to those arrangements in place for speaking at Planning and Licensing Committees, there is also an opportunity to speak on items being considered at meetings of Cabinet, Audit & Governance Committee, Standards Committee and Overview and Scrutiny Committees.

Dates of forthcoming meetings are:

  • Cabinet, Tuesday 12 June 2018, 7pm
  • Executive Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Thursday 28 June 2018, 7pm
  • Corporate and Environmental Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Thursday 12 July, 7pm
  • Cabinet (Extraordinary Meeting), Wednesday 18 July 2018, 6.30pm
  • Audit and Governance Committee, Tuesday 24 July 2018, 6.30pm

Agendas for these meetings will usually be published on the Council’s website in the week preceding the meeting. For example the agenda for the June Cabinet will be published on Monday 4 June.

To request to speak, members of the public must contact Member Services with their request by 10am on the Friday of the week preceding the relevant meeting. For example a request to speak at June Cabinet must reach us by 10am on Friday 8 June.

The request can be submitted by email to member.services@westlancs.gov.uk or by sending it to: Member Services, West Lancashire Borough Council, 52 Derby Street, Ormskirk, West Lancashire, L39 2DF.

Full details of the arrangements are provided in the Council’s Public Speaking Protocol which can be found at www.westlancs.gov.uk/speak.

Councillor Ian Moran, Leader of West Lancashire Borough Council, said: “The Council provides services for the benefit of people living in the borough of West Lancashire and the views of local people on those services are really important to us. Please take a look at the agendas for these meetings when they are online and let us know if you want to come and speak on any of the items listed.”

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