Agenda item - Declarations of substitutes and interests and exclusions

The Chair of the Board will formally ask if anyone is attending to represent another member, and if anyone has a personal and/or financial interest in anything being discussed at the meeting.  The Board will then consider whether any of the discussions to be held need to be in private.

49.1    The Chair  noted that the following were attending the meeting as substitutes for their respective colleagues:

Ms J. Oats for Dr. Sikdar

49.2      The Chair noted that there were no declarations of interest and that there were no items listed in Part 2 of the agenda and therefore sought agreement that the meeting should remain open to the press and public.

49.3      RESOLVED: That the press and public be not excluded from the meeting.