The Communities Secretary Eric Pickles expressed disappointment at this judgement and signed a Parliamentary Order to bring forward the introduction of the general power of competence for principal local authorities passed as part of the Localism Act 2011. Pickles asserted that the power would permit councils to pray at their meetings, and therefore overturned the court's judgement within a week. However there was doubt as to whether Pickles' move had actually made council prayers legal as the section he had brought forward only said that councils could do anything an individual could do, but did not specifically mention prayers. The Localism Act also only applied to English councils which meant that Welsh councils were still bound by the High Court judgement . A number of councils in response to the judgement and uncertainty of the wording in the Localism Act either continued as before, removed prayers from the agenda or moved the prayers prior to meetings so that they were not a part of the formal proceedings.
The Communities Secretary Eric Pickles expressed disappointment at this judgment and signed a Parliamentary Order to bring forward the introduction of the general power of competence for principal local authorities passed as part of the Localism Act 2011. Pickles asserted that the power would permit councils to pray at their meetings, and therefore overturned the court's judgment within a week. However there was doubt as to whether Pickles' move had actually made council prayers legal as the section he had brought forward only said that councils could do anything an individual could do, but did not specifically mention prayers. The Localism Act also only applied to English councils which meant that Welsh councils were still bound by the High Court judgment . A number of councils in response to the judgment and uncertainty of the wording in the Localism Act either continued as before, removed prayers from the agenda or moved the prayers prior to meetings so that they were not a part of the formal proceedings.
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