Declarations of Interest
To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.
Minutes:
The Chairman advised that whilst a Councillor’s membership of a town or parish council was not a disclosable interest, Councillors may wish to declare their membership of any town or parish councils if they wished to speak or vote on relevant items.
Declarations of Interest
To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.
Minutes:
In relation to the item on Community Governance Reviews (minute no;s 53 & 54), the Chairman noted the advice given that membership of a parish, town or city council was not regarded as a pecuniary interest., but went on to advise that in the interest of transparency, it would be prudent for members to declare such membership at the start of a scheme if Councillors intend to speak on it.
There were no declarations of interest made at this stage.