This short consultation has been launched to obtain views on the detail and practical implications of allowing remote and hybrid attendance and proxy voting at local authority meetings in England.

Please visit the MHCLG website for further information and examples of extracts from the online survey.

Local councils can respond directly to the survey using the following link:

Government is consulting on introducing powers for local authority members to apply to the relevant authority for a dispensation to attend formal council meetings remotely and vote by proxy in certain circumstances.

If any changes to legislation are made as a result of this consultation, they would apply to all local authorities (including all Town and Parish Councils) in England.

Local councils can submit a response online until 23:59 on Thursday 19th December.