Agenda

Standards Committee (this Committee has now been combined wit the Audit, Standrds and Governance Committee and no longer meets) - Wednesday 22nd July 2009 6.00 p.m.

Venue: The Council House, Burcot Lane, Bromsgrove. View directions

Contact: Debbie Parker-Jones

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for absence
2.	Declarations of Interest View the background to item 2.
3.	Minutes PDF 79 KB View the background to item 3.
4.	Monitoring Officer's Report PDF 98 KB View the background to item 4. [To receive a report from the Monitoring Officer on any matters of relevance to the Committee.] Additional documents: Monitoring Officer's Report (appendix - local assessment statistics) , item 4. PDF 41 KB
5.	Parish Councils' Representatives' Report View the background to item 5. [To receive a report from the Parish Councils' Representatives on any matters of relevance to the Committee, and to include an update on the meeting of the Bromsgrove Area Committee of the Worcestershire County Association of Local Councils held on 3rd June 2009.]
6.	The Standards Committee (Further Provisions) (England) Regulations 2009 PDF 89 KB View the background to item 6. [To receive a report on the Standards Committee (Further Provisions) (England) Regulations 2009 which came into force on 15th June 2009.] Additional documents: Further Provisions Report (Appendix 1 - Joint Standards Committees guidance) , item 6. PDF 1 MB Further Provisions Report (Appendix 2 - Dispensations guidance) , item 6. PDF 570 KB
7.	Publications PDF 65 KB View the background to item 7. [Attention is drawn to the list of publications detailed below which members of the Committee may find of interest. Those publications which are of direct relevance to the Committee have been copied and are attached for reference. The links of other publications have been included should members wish to view these online: (i) Standards Board for England: Other Action Guidance (copy attached); (ii) BMG Research: Stakeholder Tracker 2009 (Satisfaction with the Standards Board for England and Attitudes to the Ethical Environment). Prepared for the Standards Board for England. Link: http://www.standardsforengland.gov.uk/Research/2009reports/Report_7166_D31.pdf (iii) Centre for Local & Regional Research, Cardiff University: Assessing the Impact and Effectiveness of the Ethical Framework in Local Government in England. First Interim Report to the Standards Board for England. Link: http://www.standardsforengland.gov.uk/Research/2008reports/SBE%20Research%20Report%20Final%20Year1%2022.04.09.doc2.pdf (iv) Standards Board for England: Bulletin 44. Link: http://www.standardsforengland.gov.uk/media/Bulletin%20Issue%2044.pdf
8.	Work Programme PDF 106 KB View the background to item 8. [To consider the future Work Programme of the Committee.]
9.	To consider any other business, details of which have been notified to the Head of Legal, Equalities and Democratic Services prior to the commencement of the meeting and which the Chairman, by reason of special circumstances, considers to be of so urgent a nature that it/they cannot wait until the next meeting
10.	Exclusion of the Public View the background to item 10. [Should it prove necessary, in the opinion of the Chief Executive, to exclude the public from the meeting at any point during the proceedings in relation to any items of business on the grounds that either exempt and/or confidential information is likely to be divulged, the following resolution(s) will be moved: "That under Section 100 I of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, it/they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act, as amended, the relevant paragraphs of that part being (...to be specified by the Chairman at the meeting), and that it is in the public interest to do so.", and/or "That under Section 100 A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, it/they involve the likely disclosure of confidential information which would be in breach of an obligation of confidence."]