Issue - meetings

To confirm and sign the minutes of the meetings of the Standards Committee held on March 6 2006.

Matters Arising:

Members agreed the following alterations to the minutes of the meeting of 6 March.

-          That Irene Francis be included only once on the independent members list.

-          That in SC38, paragraph 2, the word ‘meeting’ be deleted and replaced by the word ‘room’, for the resolution now to read:

o       That the minutes of the Standards Committee held on 5 December 2005 be confirmed and signed as accurate record subject to an amendment on page 2 (para 3) which should state that all independent members declared an interest and left the room.

-          That in minute SC41, the following sentence should be inserted at the conclusion of paragraph 1:

o       Members were able to raise concerns over the conduct of other Members with the Party Whip.

-          That the references to personal and prejudicial interests in minutes SC41, paragraph 2 be expanded upon to read:

o       It was noted that the rules on bias with regard to Quasi-Judicial committees would remain separate and there would be more dispensations on declarations of interest which were currently felt to be quite limited, and a third category of interest (public sector) in addition to personal (where Members were required to declare, but not leave the room) and prejudicial (where Members were required to leave the room).

RESOLVED:

1.      That the minutes of the Standards Committee meeting held on of 6 March be confirmed and signed as an accurate record subject to the amendments specified above.