Preparing for the next PLG for C&P, 28/29 Jan 09

[email sent 19th January]
Dear Mr Seale

Looking forward to the HPC PLG for C&P meeting next week, 28 and 29 January, I have written to Mr Bendall to ask if it is possible to organise the room differently so that the public gallery is accorded more respect. I understand that Mr Bendall is not in today, and I suspect he may not be the correct person to whom to address this request, so I have taken the liberty of writing to you.

The problem I refer to is the way the furniture is organised. We are rather pushed into the corner and forced to look at the back of people's heads. This makes it uncomfortable but also very difficult to ascertain who is speaking, and thereby to understand the position from which to make sense of their words.

I think it is common practice for rooms to be organised along the lines of a theatre when the public is allowed to observe. This would be a very welcome innovation not only in the PLG, but also for the fitness to practice hearings and, of course, all other events at which the public is included.

At the very least, if you are unable to innovate in time for next week, may I suggest that you remove the coffee table to another room and allow the seats to occupy the whole of the back wall. Also, it would be enormously helpful to provide a list of the names of the people on the PLG, their affiliation, their position statement, and the seating plan. This would go a long way to relieving the situation.

Yours sincerely




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