Issue - meetings

To move that under Section 100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the discussion of item 8 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 7C of Part I of Schedule 12A of the said Act:

The deliberations of a Standards Committee….established under the provisions of Part 3 of the Local Government Act 2000 in reaching any finding on a matter referred under the provisions of Section 60(2) or (3), 64(2), 70(4) or (5) or 71(2) of that Act.

It is for the Sub-Committee to determine whether or not these items should be considered in public and the report made available for public information.  Until a decision is taken, please regard the report as confidential. 

The Sub-Committee considered whether or not to exclude the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the matter recorded at Minute 17 below.  Members noted the statutory provision that provided for this exclusion.

The Sub-Committee also considered whether or not the associated report be made available for public information.

The Sub-Committee agreed that the matter should be considered in public and that the report be made publically available.

RESOLVED – that the press and public be not excluded from the meeting during the discussion of the matter detailed in Minute 17 below and the associated report be made available for public information.

To move that under Section 100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the discussion of items 8 to 14 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 7C of Part I of Schedule 12A of the said Act:

The deliberations of a Standards Committee….established under the provisions of Part 3 of the Local Government Act 2000 in reaching any finding on a matter referred under the provisions of Section 60(2) or (3), 64(2), 70(4) or (5) or 71(2) of that Act.

It is for the Committee to determine whether or not these items should be considered in public and the report made available for public information.  Until a decision is taken, please regard the report as confidential. 

The Committee considered whether or not to exclude the press and public from the meeting during the discussion of the items of business at Minutes 117 to 123 below on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 7c of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.  The Committee agreed that these items should be considered in public.

The Committee also agreed that the Investigating Officer’s report referred to in Minute 121 below did not contain any exempt information or personal data and should therefore be made available for public inspection.

RESOLVED – that (A) the matters detailed in Minutes 117 to 123 below be considered in public, and

(B)   as the report referred to in Minute 121 did not contain any exempt information or personal data, it be made available for public inspection.