Agenda item

To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 8^th February 2013.

The minutes of the meeting held on 8^th February 2013 were approved as an accurate record.

Matters Arising

Item 5 – Terms of Reference

The Committee noted that a report of the Director of HR in respect of the Employee Code of Conduct would be considered at the September meeting of the Standards Committee.  In view of the Standards Committee’s current Terms of Reference and reference to “(c) keeping under review and monitoring the City of London Corporation’s Employee Code of Conduct”, the remit of both the Standards and the Establishment Committees in respect of this matter would be considered further and the respective terms of reference clarified.

Item 6- Dispensations

The Revd Dr Martin Dudley referred to a recent meeting of the Planning and Transportation Committee, at which he was unable to speak on an item as a result of a disclosable interest. 

The Committee considered the introduction of suitable arrangements whereby dispensations for Members could be considered in a prompt manner, possibly at relatively short notice.  Following some discussion it was agreed that a sub-committee of any three elected Members (voting) and one Co-opted Member (non-voting) should be established to consider requests for dispensations.   

RESOLVED – That a Sub-Committee of the Standards Committee be formally constituted to allow for requests for dispensations from Members to be considered.