SIR,

The Petitions Committee of the National Assembly for Wales has recently received petitions on wind turbines, the filming of council meetings and local authority spending.

These petitions have now finished collecting signatures and are before the Petitions Committee for consideration.

We are interested in receiving views from individuals, groups and organisations on the subjects of these petitions. They are as follows:

Filming and Recording of Council Meetings

This petition calls for councils across the country to allow the public to film proceedings.

We would like to know whether it is felt that the actions called for in the petition are reasonable and/or feasible.

Local Authority Spending Details over £500

This petition calls for details of local authority expenditure over £500 to be made public.

Do your readers feel that this information should be published? If so, should this be mandatory or encouraged as best practice?

What barriers could there be to providing this information publicly? Do people feel that £500 and over is the appropriate level of spend to be published?

Control of noise nuisance from wind turbines

This petition calls for restrictions on the noise caused by wind turbines in Wales.

We would like to know what the public and those with particular knowledge of wind energy have to say about this issue.

Any views received will be used as evidence by the Petitions Committee in its consideration of the petitions – and I would just like to emphasize that we are looking for evidence on the subjects of these petitions, rather than support, or otherwise, for them.

If your readers would like to submit evidence, we would be grateful to receive it by 3rd November.

William Powell

(Petitions Committee Chair)