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Local Government Ethical Standards - Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life on the subject of ethical standards in local government

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Decision Maker: Standards Committee

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

RESOLVED

i. That the Report from the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) on the subject of local government ethical standards which attached at Appendix 1 of the report be noted;

ii. that the recommendations of the CSPL attached at Appendix 2 of the report and the identified ‘best practice’ which attached at Appendix 3 be noted;

iii. that the proposal to make any formal comment on the recommendations (i.e. to MHCLG) in the form of a letter be noted but not further acted upon;

iv. that the Monitoring Officer undertake a comparison of the current Council’s current Ethical Standards arrangements in place with a view to identifying whether they conform to the best practice identified by the CSPL report, and that the comparison analysis be reported back to the Standards Committee for its consideration;

v. that the Monitoring Officer carries out a review the Council’s current Member Code of Conduct and considers any amendments to reflect the outcomes of the CSLP report, and that any suggested changes to the Code be reported back to the Standards Committee for its consideration;

vi. that a further report be brought to Standards Committee at the point of confirmation of the Parliamentary process for consideration of the CSPL recommendations and any subsequent changes to primary and secondary legislation; and

vii. that a task and finish group be established to consider improving and understanding members declarations of interests and that Councillors Hanson & Lynch be the members appointed to the task and finish group together the Head of Legal & Governance, the Clerk to Standards Committee and other officers within Legal & Governance as appropriate.

Report author: Suki Binjal

Publication date: 17/09/2019

Date of decision: 16/09/2019

Decided at meeting: 16/09/2019 - Standards Committee

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