Советники Саутгемптона опровергли обвинения в использовании смартфонов во время планировочных заседаний

Southampton councillors have defended using mobile phones during planning meetings after a complaint was made to the city council. Vivienne Windle, chairman of Southampton City Council’s planning and rights of way panel, said members were not using phones to scroll through social media. She said some councillors used laptops to look up details mentioned in presentations by planning officers and members of the public, while others chose to use mobile phones for the same purpose. Cllr Windle said she had been asked to talk about the subject at the start of the panel meeting on Tuesday, August 11, after a complaint was made to the council. The Labour councillor said: “I happen, like a lot of other people, not be able to lug a big laptop around with me so I tend to use my phone as my computer and I do sometimes look up things when somebody maybe mentions an item that is across the road from the site or something. “It’s quite nice to be able to quickly look it up. “Although I get the point about the use of mobile phones, I think maybe this has come up as a result of all the coverage of teenagers in classrooms using mobile phones but in our case, we try to use them for professional reasons. “We’re not scrolling through social media I can assure you.”