Agenda item - Procedural Business

a) Declaration of Substitutes: Where Councillors are unable to attend a meeting, a substitute Member from the same Political Group may attend, speak vote in their place for that meeting.

(b) Declarations of Interest:

(a) Disclosable pecuniary interests;

(b) Any other interests required to be registered under the local code;

(c) Any other general interest as a result of which a decision on the matter might reasonably be regarded as affecting you or a partner more than a majority of other people or businesses in the ward/s affected by the decision.

In each case, you need to declare:

(i) the item on the agenda the interest relates to;

(ii) the nature of the interest; and

(iii) whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest or some other interest.

41.1 Giles Rossington, Scrutiny Manager, welcomed everyone to the meeting and said:  

“Neither the Chair nor the Deputy Chair of People Overview & Scrutiny Committee are in attendance today. Committee Procedure Rules state that “In the absence of the Chair or Deputy Chair at a meeting of a Committee or Sub-Committee, those voting Members present shall elect a person from amongst their number to preside over the meeting”. (Committee Procedure Rule 3.3)

I therefore need to ask if any member wishes to nominate themselves as Chair for this meeting only.” 

Cllr Sheard nominated themselves to be Chair for the meeting.

Following a vote of voting members Cllr Sheard was elected as Chair for the meeting.

41.2 Cllr Assaduzzaman for Cllr Gauge, Cllr Hill for Cllr Mcleay.