In order to allow members of the Liaison and members of the public to raise issues of local concern, a period of 20 minutes has been set aside.

A member of the public may speak for no more than 3 minutes.  Members of the public are not required to give notice of the issue they intend to raise, although it is expected in the case of service issues that the appropriate mechanisms for resolving the issue have been explored. 

Where a question is raised which cannot be answered at the meeting, a record will be kept by officers supporting the meeting and it will be responded to via the appropriate mechanism.

Councillor Alan Whittaker, Heskin, queried the change in policy in sending paper copies of major planning applications to Parish Councils. It was noted that support has been offered via the council's Digital Inclusion Officer and that many of the Parishes access this information electronically.