Issue - items at meetings - Procedural Business

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27A.    Declarations of Substitutes

27.1    Councillor Denise Cobb announced that she was attending as substitute for Councillor Geoff Wells

27B.    Declarations of Interest

27.2    There were none.

27C.    Declarations of Party Whip

27.3    There were none.

27D.    Exclusion of Press and Public

27.4    In accordance with section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, it was considered whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of any items contained in the agenda, having regard to the nature of the business to be transacted and the nature of the proceedings and the likelihood as to whether, if members of the press and public were present, there would be disclosure to them of confidential or exempt information as defined in section 100I (1) of the said Act.

27.5    RESOLVED – That the press and public be not excluded from the meeting.