Your Lib Dem Councillors work hard to get our questions and motion for council meetings just right. 

At the May Vale council meeting, only one Cabinet member was there to answer our question. Cllr Mike Murray wasn’t there, and we had two questions for him. He gave written replies. 

If it weren’t so infuriating, it would be laughable. 

Here’s one (from Emily Smith):

Question
The planning department’s Statement of Community Involvement defines what the public can expect in term of communications and consultations from planning. It’s so out of date it lists Dr Evan Harris as our MP to be consulted. Why hasn’t this important policy document been kept up to date?

Answer

The Vale Local Development Scheme which was published in January 2016 and has since that time been available to view on the Vale’s website identifies the timetable for production of the updated Statement of Community Involvement.

Pardon?