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 and vote in their place for that meeting.

(b)  Declarations of Interest – Statements by all Members present of any personal interests in matters on the agenda, outlining the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

(c)   Exclusion of Press and Public - To consider whether, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, or the nature of the proceedings, the press and public should be excluded from the meeting when any of the following items are under consideration.

NOTE:  Any item appearing in Part Two of the Agenda states in its heading the category under which the information disclosed in the report is exempt from disclosure and therefore not available to the public.

A list and description of the exempt categories is available for public inspection at Brighton and Hove Town Halls.

1A       Declarations of Substitute Members

1.1       Maggie Davies, CCG declared she was substituting for Dr Xavier Nalletamby.  Jo Lyons, Assistant Director Children's Services (Education & Inclusion) declared that she was substituting for Heather Tomlinson.

1B       Declarations of Interests

1.2       Councillor Bowden declared a personal interest in Item 10 - Independent Drugs Commission Report as he was Director of a charity interested in hepatology. 

1C       Exclusion of the Press and Public

1.3       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.

1.4       RESOLVED - That the press and public be not excluded from the meeting.