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Standards Update
- Meeting of Audit & Standards Committee, Tuesday, 23rd July, 2019 2.00pm (Item 15.)
- View the background to item 15.
Report of the Executive Lead for Strategy, Governance & Law
Decision:
1) That this Committee note the information provided in the Report on member complaints and on other standards-related matters.
2) That this Committee agree the proposal that an informally constituted cross-party group of members of this Committee be convened to review the report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life into Local Government Ethical Standards, with a view to reporting back to a future meeting of the Audit and Standards Committee with any recommendations it considers to be appropriate.
Minutes:
15.1 The Committee considered the report of Executive Lead for Strategy, Governance and Law that sought to update Members on a range of Standards-related matters.
15.2 The Chair stated that standards should be taken as seriously as audit functions and they aimed to improve the standards regime and reporting through setting up a task and finish group.
15.3 RESOLVED -
1) That this Committee note the information provided in the Report on member complaints and on other standards-related matters.
2) That this Committee agree the proposal that an informally constituted cross-party group of members of this Committee be convened to review the report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life into Local Government Ethical Standards, with a view to reporting back to a future meeting of the Audit and Standards Committee with any recommendations it considers to be appropriate.
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