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Chapter 9: The London Borough of Tower Hamlets Petition Scheme
Limitation. An individual or group may not submit a petition to a meeting of the Council if that individual or group has previously submitted a petition to either of the previous 2 Council meetings.
The procedure for hearing petitions at meetings of the Cabinet is contained in Chapter 36 (Executive Procedure Rules) of the Council’s Constitution. The relevant provision is replicated below:
Chapter 10: Access to Information Procedure Rules
These rules apply to all meetings of Council, Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Scrutiny Sub-Committees and Panels, the Standards Advisory Committee, regulatory and other Committees, Sub-Committees and public meetings of the Executive (together called “meetings”).
Rights to attend meetings
Members of the public may attend all meetings subject only to the exceptions in these rules.
the minutes of the meeting or records of decisions taken together with reasons, for all meetings excluding any part of the minutes of proceedings when the meeting was not open to the public or which disclose exempt or confidential information;
This constitution sets out the public’s rights to attend meetings and to inspect and copy documents shall be kept at and available to the public at the designated office.
Exclusion of Access by the Public to Meetings
Confidential Information – Requirement to Exclude Public . The public must be excluded from meetings or those part or parts of meetings whenever it is likely in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings that confidential information (as defined in paragraph 11.4 ) would be disclosed in breach of the obligation of confidence.
Exempt Information – Discretion to Exclude Public . The public may be excluded from meetings or those part or parts of meetings whenever it is likely in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings that exempt information (as defined in paragraph 11.5 ) would be disclosed and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.