Issue - meetings

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.

Councillor Erdal Dogan declared a personal interest in relation to item 9, Scrutiny Panel Review on Haringey Family of Schools, as he had been the Chair of the Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Panel between 2020-21 when the review had commenced.

Councillor Seema Chandwani declared an interest in relation to item 11, To Award a Leasehold Building Insurance Contract, as she was a Homes for Haringey leaseholder. She confirmed that she. would not take part in the discussion and voting on this item and would leave the room for the duration of the item.