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:

(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.

If unsure, Members should seek advice from the committee lawyer or administrator preferably before the meeting.

(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.

(a)  Declarations of Substitutes

1.1      There were none

(b)  Declarations of Interest

1.2      There were none

(c)  Exclusion of Press and Public

1.3      There were no Part Two Items and so the press and public were not excluded from the meeting.

1.4      The Chair’s statement on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

We are holding this Committee during a period of national mourning and today we join with people around the world in noting the sad death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

As elected politicians, we recognise many people will be saddened by the news and wish to pay their respects. For that reason, before we proceed to the items on the agenda, I ask the Committee, assembled Officers and Co-optees to join me in a minute’s silence.

One minute silence

I wanted to let the Councillors know that the Corporate Parenting Board, scheduled to take place on Monday 19th September will be postponed. Arrangements for the meeting will be confirmed.

The loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II may bring up feelings that we have all experienced or will experience. These are feelings that we will all recognise of grief and mourning. Grief for those who have had a significant impact on our lives, whether we knew them personally or not, can emerge in different ways and I wish both the Queen’s family and everyone who loved her my sympathies at this time. If you are experiencing complicated feelings of grief and need support, Cruse, the bereavement charity has a free helpline as well as some helpful advice on their website.

Our new monarch, King Charles III, has been an advocate of many of the young people this committee strives to support through the Prince’s Trust Charity, which he founded in 1976. The Prince’s Trust supports young people to get their lives back on track – whether they are experiencing homelessness, unemployed, struggling at school or leaving care. This includes work in our city, such as the 12-week Team Trust programme which runs from Greater Brighton Metropolitan College. This is something we can all take inspiration from.