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The Chair of the Authority provided the following verbal update to Members:

·         Along with the Deputy Chair he had attended the Buxton Town Team Sustainable Travel Conference

·         The Chair had attended the Derbyshire Archaeological Advisory Committee where the principal issue discussed was the publication of the Archaeology and Conservation in Derbyshire and the Peak District (ACID) magazine which faced funding constraints from Derbyshire County Council and some crowd funding had been set up to help with the publication costs

·         The Chair had attended the Natural England 75^th anniversary event at the Houses of Parliament where he spoke to Steve Reed (Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

·         The Chair had attended the National Parks England board meeting

·         The Chair had attended the weekly Chairs and Vice-Chairs briefings with the Chief Executive

·         The Chair had attended the National Parks Partnership AGM.

The Chair reminded Members about the email previously circulated to them regarding the consultation on “Enabling remote attendance and proxy voting at local authority meetings”.  Consultation responses should be submitted up to 19^th December 2024 and Members were encouraged to individually submit their responses.