Decision details

Members were asked by the Mayor to declare any personal interest in respect of items on the agenda.  In accordance with Part 2 of the Members Code of Conduct set out in the Council Constitution, any Member disclosing a personal interest which was also prejudicial would be asked to withdraw from the Chamber during consideration of the item and neither were they to seek to improperly influence a decision on the said item.

Councillor Dobbie sought clarification from the Monitoring Officer in respect of the appropriateness of Members declaring an interest in Item 14 – MOTION F given the high number of members who owned and used Mobile phones and subsequently were users of telephone masts. Councillor Bull also sought clarification from the Monitoring Officer in respect of the appropriateness of Councillors Basu, Hoban and himself  also declaring an interest given that they were to embark on a review of this matter. 

The Monitoring Officer responded to both that if a member felt their interest was such that a member of the public would consider it to influence their decision, then they should declare. 

Councillor Hoban declared a personal interest in item 11 on petitions, as he was a resident of Bounds Green.