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:
Councillors Peter Mitchell, Barbara Blake, Kaushika Amin, Dawn Barnes, Mark Blake, Mahir Demir, Joseph Ejiofor, Scott Emery, Emine Ibrahim, and Preston Tabois declared an interest in relation to item 9, Proposed Renaming of Black Boy Lane as the subject had been discussed previously by the Committee. All members confirmed that they would consider the information in the reports and the issue with an open mind and would take part in the discussion and voting on this item.