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(Report of the Chair of Standards Committee) To consider the draft Standards Committee annual report to Council.  TO FOLLOW

The Chair advised that the reasons for urgency in considering the TABLED report had been given under Item 2.

The Committee briefly considered the contents of the draft annual report – the main points being:

·        Clarification of the formatting in relation to the table 4 contained therein and the insertion of actual years ‘2006/07’ and ‘2007/08’ instead of ‘this ‘ and ‘last’ in TABLE 3;

·        A narrative and grammatical check of the contents to ensure clear and precise information;

·        The required ‘insertion’ of the Chair of Standards Committee message for 2007/08, and then subsequent ‘tweaking’ and clarification by the Chair of the Standards Committee;

·        Clarification of the number of complaints/referrals received, notified, and under investigation.

There being no further points of clarification it was:

RESOLVED

That the draft ‘Annual Report 2007/08’ be noted and that officers take account of the points of clarification as detailed during the discussion, and that the revised ‘draft’ then be forwarded to the Chair for final clearance.