Declarations of Interest
A Member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:
(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and
(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.
A Member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.
Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.
Minutes:
Councillor Seema Chandwani, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods declared an interest in respect of item 10 as she worked for a voluntary organisation in the Borough.
The Leader declared an interest in respect of item 12 as he rented a garage in Fortis Green, an area covered by the Council Housing Delivery Programme.