Rejected petition Challenge the Local Authorities' policy on booking public buildings

Review access to public venues. Hampshire and Dorset have changed public hire rules, preventing local groups from returning to venues used before the pandemic.

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We have tried unsuccessfully to gain the interest of local councils - Winchester who have made some small concessions ignored 3 requests for e-Petitions and Bournemouth who have refused to meet and both have demonstrated intransigence in their responses.

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It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

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Decisions about the use of local authority buildings are a matter for individual local authorities, not the UK Government or Parliament.

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Date submitted 18 April 2023
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