Webcasting to continue until 2013 at least

Cornwall Council took the almost unanimous decision to continue with the webcasting of meetings for the remainder of this elected term. The decision taken at today’s Full Council also makes provision for other meetings – such as contentious Strategic Planning Committee meetings – to be webcast for the benefit of those who may not be able to attend in person.

This is good news for the Council’s oft-derided aim of openness and transparency and, as I was happy to tell the meeting today, is in no small part due to the valuable support of the Leader of the Council. I don’t often agree with him but he has given his support to me, Andrew Wallis, Steve Double, Andrew Long and others as we have tried to push this issue forward.

The technology is still new to us and there is much more for us to learn, but I believe we will soon arrive at a point when it will be inconceivable that decisions about the use of the public purse could be taken without giving the paying public the right to view proceedings.