Ask a question in a Council meeting

You can ask a question at our meetings if you are any of the following:

• on the Electoral Register for Neath Port Talbot
• a Neath Port Talbot Council Tax payer
• a Neath Port Talbot business rates payer

Questions must be submitted and accepted in advance of the meeting. 

Types of question

Acceptable types of question

You can ask questions:

• about our policies
• about our work in respect of any matter or issue affecting Neath Port Talbot
• related to items on the meeting agenda

Unacceptable types of question

Questions will not be accepted if they:

• are about matters for which the Council has no responsibility
• don’t specifically affect Neath Port Talbot
• are defamatory, frivolous or offensive
• relate to a complaint. These should be channelled via the Council’s formal complaints procedure
• are related to the questioner personally or their family
• relate to a specific planning application or application for licence
• relate to a specific Member, Council employee or member of the public
• are substantially the same as a question which has already been put at a meeting of the Council in the past six months
• require the disclosure of confidential or 'exempt' information
• involve the preparation of an answer which would require the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of time, money or effort

Questions at Full Council meetings

Questions must be:

• submitted in writing
• received no later than noon on the working day before the meeting
• related to items on the agenda

Questions will be dealt with in a 10 minute period.

Allocation of questions

Questions will be dealt with in the order received. Similar questions might be grouped together. 

Submit a question

To submit a question, please email Democratic Services.