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Gifts and Hospitality Protocol

 

 

Meeting: 04/12/2018 - Council (Item 59)

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At its meeting on 24 September 2018 the Standards Committee considered amendments to the Gifts and Hospitality Protocol for Councillors and RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL that the amended Gifts and Hospitality Protocol for Councillors be ADOPTED.

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Minutes:

59.1           At its meeting on 24 September 2018, the Standards Committee considered amendments to the Gifts and Hospitality Protocol for Councillors and recommended that the amended Protocol be adopted.

59.2           The report which was considered by the Standards Committee had been circulated with the current Agenda and was attached at Pages No. 32-46.

59.3           The recommendation of the Standards Committee was proposed by the Chair of the Committee and duly seconded.

59.4           Accordingly, it was

                  RESOLVED          That the amended Gifts and Hospitality Protocol for Councillors                         be ADOPTED.

Meeting: 24/09/2018 - Standards Committee (Item 8)

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To consider the amended Gifts and Hospitality Protocol for Councillors and recommend to Council that it be adopted.  

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Minutes:

8.1             The report of the Deputy Monitoring Officer, circulated at Pages No. 7-21, attached a revised Gifts and Hospitality Protocol for Councillors. Members were asked to consider the amended Protocol and recommend it to the Council for adoption.

8.2             The Monitoring Officer explained that the Committee had now reviewed all of the Protocols which complemented the Code of Conduct and the Gifts and Hospitality Protocol was the last one in its Work Programme for review. The changes were recommended as set out within the report and shown as track changes within the Appendix; the review had found that the Protocol was generally fit for purpose; however, there were some minor amendments that needed to be made to bring it in line with the Council’s adopted Code of Conduct - those amendments were identified at Paragraphs 2.1.1 to 2.1.4 of the report.

8.3             Members felt the recommended amendments were extremely sensible and, accordingly, it was

                  RESOLVED          That it be RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL that the amended                          Gifts and Hospitality Protocol for Councillors be ADOPTED.