Issue - meetings

The Director of Legal and Governance (and Monitoring Officer) presented the item and reminded the Committee that they had already received numerous reports in relation to the CSPL’s report over the last three years, which had culminated in many of the agreed recommendations already being considered, approved and implemented as required.

The response from Government to the CSPL’s report had been mixed but one positive was their intention to take a further look at the possibility of removing the requirement for Members to include their home addresses on their Register of Interest declaration forms, in the interests of personal safety concerns raised nationally.

Having taken Members through the recommendations as listed, it was acknowledged that some recommendations were still in progress which included updating the Council’s Member complaints process and extending the accessibility of the Code of Conduct etc.

RESOLVED that

a)    the Government’s response to the recommendations of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) in its report relating to Local Government Ethical Standards, be noted;

b)    the work undertaken by the Committee regarding implementation of the Best Practice Recommendations of the CSPL as outlined in the report, be also noted.