Issue - items at meetings - Procedural Business

1a       Declarations of Substitutes

1.1              There were none.

1b       Declarations of Interest

1.2              Councillors Randall and Simpson declared a personal interest but not prejudicial interest on any matter regarding the Local Delivery Vehicle (LDV) due to their capacity as Board Members.

1c        Exclusion of the Press and Public

1.3              In accordance with section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (‘the Act’), the Audit Committee considered whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during an item of business on the grounds that it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press or public were present during that item, there would be disclosure to them of confidential information (as defined in section 100A(3) of the Act) or exempt information (as defined in section 100I of the Act).

1.4              RESOLVED- That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of items 18, Non-Public Minutes of the Previous Meeting, item 19, Corporate Risk Management Action Plans Focus and item 20, Internal Audit Annual Report & Opinion- Audit Reviews Giving Limited Assurance as these items were exempt under Paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the 1972 Act (information relating to the financial or business affairs of the authority).