Issue - meetings

Declarations of Interest

Meeting: 18/01/2022 - Cabinet (Item 696)

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:

In relation to item 9, to consider the Overview and Scrutiny Committee Review on High Road West, Councillor Ruth Gordon noted that she had been the Chair of the Housing and Regeneration Scrutiny Panel when the High Road West item had commenced. She clarified that she had not been involved in compiling the report or the recommendations for this item and that she would be taking part in the discussion and voting.

 

Councillor Isidoros Diakides declared a personal interest and non-pecuniary interest in relation to item 14, delivering a Wood Green Enterprise Hub, as he was a Council representative in relation to an organisation that was currently located in one of the buildings discussed. He clarified that he would not be taking part in the discussion, and voting in accordance with section 6.1b of the Member Code of Conduct and would leave the room for the duration of this item.