Issue - meetings

[To note the Final Report of the Standards Board for England's Ethical Standards Officer in relation to an allegation against a District/Parish Councillor.]

Further to Minute 54/08 above, the Committee received, for information only, the final report of the Standards Board for England's Ethical Standards Officer on the outcome of the investigation into an allegation that Councillor Roger Hollingworth had breached both the Alvechurch Parish Council and Bromsgrove District Council Codes of Conduct.  It was the finding of the Ethical Standards Officer that there was no evidence of any failure by Councillor Hollingworth to comply with either of the Codes of Conduct in question.

In a covering letter which accompanied the Ethical Standards Officer's report the Committee had been invited to comment to the Standards Board on the helpfulness of receiving such reports of investigations, and on anything that might make the reports more useful in the future.  The Committee therefore agreed a response in this regard.

RESOLVED:

(a)       that the Standards Board for England's Ethical Standards Officer's finding of no breach in relation to the allegations against Councillor Hollingworth be noted; and

(b)       that officers write to the Standards Board with the Committee's views on the helpfulness of the Ethical Standards Officer's final report.