Agenda

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee 21 November 2022.

Minutes attached

To receive a report providing overview of the complaints under the Stevenage Borough Council’s Code of Conduct for Members (“the Code”) received by the Monitoring Officer to date, to review the arrangements in place for Member Code of Conduct complaints handling and to update members of the Government’s response to the consultation in relation to Strengthening the Standards and Conduct Framework for Local Authorities.

To consider any Part 1 business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

To consider the following motions –

1.  That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraphs1 – 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended by Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

2.  That Members consider the reasons for the following reports being in Part II and determine whether or not maintaining the exemption from disclosure of the information contained therein outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

To consider any Part II business accepted by the Chair as urgent.