Agenda item - Procedural Business

Procedural matters pertaining to the meeting of the Board (copy attached).

2a       Declarations of substitutes

2.1         Dr. Carter was present as substitute for Prof. Davies.

2.2         Kirsti Godson was present as substitute for Monica Box

2b       Declarations of interests

2.3      There were none.

2c       Exclusion of the press and public

2.4      In accordance with Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (“the Act”), the Board considered whether the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any item of business on the grounds that it is likely in view of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during it, there would be disclosure to them of confidential information as defined in Section 100A (3) of the Act