Two current controversies, with judicial interventions serve to highlight the dangers of appearing to act as if the consulttaion was a done deal. Newspaper reports that Westminster is spending £400,000 on implemanting the car parking charges that are being chellenged in the High Court came around the same time as a Judge agreed to an emergency judicial review of the Government's consultation on reduced feed-in tarrifs on solar panels. In both cases, decisions reportedly taken by the CONSULTOR appear to pre-empt the outcome of the consultaton. Hear more on the audioboo #CarParking #ClimateChange #consultation #DECC #JudicialReview #LocalAuthority #SolarPanels #WestminsterCouncil #FeedIn
over 1 year ago
The High Court decision on the feed-in tarrifs came this afternoon and Friends of the Earth has won! We first raised this as a potential problem over a month ago - look for our audioboo - "The feed-in tariffs consultation risks breaching the Code of Practice" maybe linked as a 'Related Boo' to the bottom right of this page.
This is yet another wake-up call to those who organise public consultations ...
Tcinewsbyaudio over 1 year ago