Agenda item

20 February 2014

We have considered proposals for the adoption of a Protocol on visual and audio recording of the City Corporation’s public meetings. The Protocol has been developed to further assist the organisation in its transparency. It acknowledges the clear direction of travel of Government policy on the issue of recording public meetings, the potential for such activity to disrupt the conduct of meetings and sets out the parameters and requirements of those intending to record meetings.

A printed and circulated report has therefore been submitted for your consideration and we commend its proposal to adopt a Protocol for the filming and recording of public meetings.

(C) Filming and Recording of Public Meetings

We have considered proposals for the adoption of a Protocol on visual and audio recording of the City Corporation’s public meetings. The Protocol has been developed to further assist the organisation in its transparency. It acknowledges the clear direction of travel of Government policy on the issue of recording public meetings, the potential for such activity to disrupt the conduct of meetings and sets out the parameters and requirements of those intending to record meetings.

A printed and circulated report has therefore been submitted for your consideration and we commend its proposal to adopt a Protocol for the filming and recording of public meetings.

Read and agreed to.

The Chairman undertook to ensure that this protocol would be reviewed following its operation for one year and any necessary amendments would be submitted to the Court for approval.