Agenda

The Chair will consider the admission of any late reports in relation to the item shown on the agenda.

(Please note that under the Council’s Constitution – Part 4 Section B paragraph 17 – no other business shall be considered).

A member with a personal interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered must disclose to that meeting the existence and nature of that interest at the commencement of that consideration, or when the interest becomes apparent.

A member with a personal interest in a matter also has a prejudicial interest in that matter if the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the member's judgment of the public interest and if this interest affects their financial position or the financial position of a person or body as described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct and/or if it relates to the determining of any approval, consent, licence, permission or registration in relation to them or any person or body described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct.

Report of the Head of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer – To update the Committee on Government  proposals for the future of ethical governance of local authorities

Oral update by the Head of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer

The following item is likely to be subject of a motion to exclude the press and public from the meeting as it contains exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972; namely information relating to any individual, and information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual; and also in accordance with the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 (regulation 5), and  Section 53 of the Local Government Act 2000.

Oral report of the Head of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer