Agenda and draft minutes

Standards Committee - Wednesday 16 February 2022 6.30 pm

Contact: Andrew Spragg, Governance Services  Email: governance@hackney.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Cllr David, Aoife Scannell and Cllr Williams.

 

FeryalErtan, Nicola Hanns and Cllr Lynch joined the meeting remotely.

 

2.

Declarations of Interest - Members to declare as appropriate

A Member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A Member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 8.1-15.2 of Section Two of Part 5 of the Constitution  and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interests.

3.

To Confirm the Unrestricted Minutes of the Standards Committee Held on 11 January 2022 pdf icon PDF 67 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

That the unrestricted minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee held on 11 January 2022 were agreed as an accurate record of the proceedings.

4.

Update on Members' Training and Development Programme 2021/22 pdf icon PDF 85 KB

Minutes:

4.1  The Team Leader – Governance introduced the report. Councillors welcomed the mandatory training requirements that were a feature of the Council’s new code of conduct, which was due to come into effect from May 2022.

 

RESOLVED

 

To note the update with regards to the Council’s Members’ training and development programme.

5.

Members' Register of Interests and Gifts and Hospitality Forms pdf icon PDF 75 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

5.1  The Head of Legal and Governance introduced the report. The Committee complimented officers on the proposed revisions to the form.

 

RESOLVED:

 

To  endorse the revisions to the Declarations of Interest Form & Declaration of Gifts and Hospitality Form for use with effect from May 2022

6.

Amendment to Dispensations Previously Granted - London Energy Limited pdf icon PDF 77 KB

Minutes:

6.1  The Head of Legal and Governance introduced the report.

 

RESOLVED:

 

to note the amendment to the previous report dated 17 February 2021.

7.

Update on Complaints Received Under the Members Code of Conduct pdf icon PDF 76 KB

Minutes:

7.1  The Head of Legal and Governance introduced the report. Councillors thanked officers.

 

RESOLVED:

 

To note the report.