Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Fairclough and Howe.

Members and Officers are requested to give notice of any personal or prejudicial interest and the nature of that interest, relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the relevant Code of Conduct.

No declarations of interest were received.

Minutes of the meeting held on 25 March 2010

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 25 March 2010 be confirmed as a correct record.

Report of the Interim Head of Corporate Legal Services

The Committee considered the report of the Interim Head of Corporate Legal Services which incorporated the draft version of the Annual Report on the work of the Committee for 2009/10.

RESOLVED:          That

(1)      the Annual Report of the Standards Committee for 2009/10 be approved; and

(2)      the report be referred to the Council on 2 September 2010 for consideration.

Report of the Interim Head of Corporate Legal Services

The Committee considered the report of the Interim Head of Corporate Legal Services which indicated that the Government had announced that a Decentralisation and Localism Bill would be published in the Autumn and would include proposals for the abolition of the Standards Board regime.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.

Report of the Interim Head of Corporate Legal Services

The Committee considered the report of the Legal Director which incorporated copies of two case summaries published by Standards for England following recent investigations by Ethical Standards Officers.

RESOLVED:

That the report on the case summaries be noted.