Issue - meetings

Audit and Standards Committee recommended to Full Council that the revised Code of Conduct (attached as Appendix A to the report) be adopted, subject to the amendment of paragraph 14.1 of the Code to set a limit of £25 or totalling £50 over a year from a single source.

Councillor Stefan Mullard proposed and Councillor Eugenie Harvey seconded the adoption of the revised Code of Conduct (attached as Appendix A to the report).

RESOLVED that the revised Code of Conduct was adopted subject to the amendment of paragraph 14.1 of the Code to set a limit of £25 or totalling £50 over a year from a single source.

The Committee considered a report which set out a number of amendments to the Code of Conduct for Councillors.

The Committee discussed the threshold for declarations to be included on the Register of Gifts and Hospitality. It was agreed that the limit should be £25, or £50 over a year from a single source.

RESOLVED that the Committee recommended to Full Council that the revised Code of Conduct (attached as Appendix A to the report) be adopted, subject to the amendment of paragraph 14.1 of the Code to set a limit of £25 or totalling £50 over a year from a single source.