Note by the Clerk
The following press notice was issued
on 22 January 2002
NEW INQUIRY:
HOW THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT
2000 IS WORKING
The Urban Affairs Sub-committee of the House of Commons
Select Committee on Transport, Local Government and the Regions
has resolved to undertake an inquiry into how the Local Government
Act 2000 is working.
Witnesses are invited to submit memoranda to the
Sub-committee before Friday 1 March 2002. Memoranda will
be published in the order in which they arrive. It is unlikely
that memoranda submitted after this date will be published. (Witnesses
who wish their memoranda to be treated in confidence should contact
the Committee Clerk in advance.) Witnesses should also note that
decisions about who to call for oral evidence are likely to be
taken on the basis of the evidence received by this date.
The Local Government Act 2000 introduced, amongst
other things:
- a duty for local authorities to promote economic,
social and environmental well-being;
- new arrangements with respect to executives,
including elected Mayors and the Cabinet model;
- provisions relating to the conduct of councillors
and officers; and
- provisions relating to local authority elections.
The Sub-committee wishes to receive submissions setting
out how the new arrangements introduced as a result of the Act
are working.
Witnesses are requested to submit memoranda of up
to six A4 pages on computer disk in either ASCII, Word or Word
Perfect 8 with a single additional hard copy; witnesses without
access to a computer are respectfully requested to take particular
care that submissions are legible. Memoranda submitted to the
Committee should be kept confidential until published by the Committee.
Questions relating to this inquiry should be referred to Claire
O'Shaughnessy, Committee Specialist 020 7 219 6755.
If you would like a copy of any House of Commons
publications, and did not submit written or oral evidence to the
relevant inquiry, then you may purchase them from The Stationery
Office, General enquiries tel no.0870 600 5522, or access them
via the Committee homepage on the Internet
The Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Committee Homepage:
Http://www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/tlrhome.htm
If you would prefer future press notices
to be sent via email rather than post please email your address
to tlrcom@parliament.uk
Press Notice 33/2001-02
2 January 2002
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