Exclusion of the Public
[To consider, and if considered appropriate, to pass the following resolution to exclude the public from the meeting during the consideration of an item of business containing exempt information:
"RESOLVED: that under Section 100 I of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act, as amended, the relevant paragraph of that part being as set out below, and that it is in the public interest to do so:
Item No. Paragraph
4 7C" ]
Minutes:
The Committee considered whether or not to exclude the public from the consideration of Agenda Item No. 4; Member Complaints - Pre-Hearing Update. In doing so, the Chairman announced that the meeting be adjourned to take legal advice.
Accordingly, the meeting adjourned from 6.04pm to 6.35pm.
Having re-convened, the Chairman advised that the Committee had decided that the meeting would remain in closed session in line with the consideration meeting which had taken place on 17th December 2010. However, the Committee invited the three Subject Members present, namely Councillors Mrs. C. M. McDonald, P. M. McDonald and S. P. Shannon, to remain in the room and listen to the proceedings. The Subject Members were provided with a copy of the confidential report relating to Agenda Item No. 4, which the Chairman highlighted remained confidential.
It was therefore
RESOLVED that under Section 100 I of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, the public, save for the three Subject Members in attendance, be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act, as amended, the relevant paragraph of that part being as set out below, and that it is in the public interest to do so:
Item No. Paragraph
4 7C.