Consultation on Direct Elections to English National Park and Broads Authorities
This consultation invites your views on the principle of Direct Elections to the Authorities and Parish Council Members on the Broads Authority.
Parliamentary consideration of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 and the Broads Bill 2007 has resulted in an ongoing issue about direct elections to the National Park and Broads Authorities. As a result, the Government is undertaking an open consultation to seek views from its stakeholders to explore whether directly elected members would aid or hinder the decision-making process and/or strategic functioning of National Park and Broads Authorities. It wishes to give its stakeholders the opportunity to evaluate the relevant issues and in order to inform this thinking, those issues are set out in the linked consultation document. It simply sets out the issues for information purposes only without any views or recommendations. Consultation questions seeking views on the above implications can be found from the following link to the consultation document.
Comments on these proposals are invited by Friday 28 November 2008.
- Ministerial foreword
- Consultation letter
- List of consultees
- Consultation document (PDF 270 KB)
- Summary responses (PDF 585 KB)
Further information
Page published: 22 April 2009