Member

Councillors are meeting on a much more regular basis than that. I put to the Minister winding up this short debate that it seems a bit inconsiderate of us—given that we enable Peers, if it is better for them, to attend our committee meetings remotely in a hybrid format—not to extend that possibility to councillors under certain conditions. As I have said in the Explanatory Note, what I am seeking here is to ensure that local authorities can hold council meetings online, for example, to save travel to the council chamber in the event of inclement weather or if they are temporarily incapacitated.