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The Chairman took the opportunity to welcome Randall Anderson and Tijs Broeke to their first meeting of this Committee. She also extended, on behalf of the Committee and the City Corporation, her gratitude to the outgoing Assistant Town Clerk, Simon Murrells, for his dedicated service over the past forty years.

Apologies were received from Deputy Doug Barrow, the Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor Alderman Charles Bowman, Sir Mark Boleat, Henry Colthurst, Alderman Peter Estlin, Alderman William Russell, Sir Michael Snyder, and Deputy Tom Sleigh (Vice-Chairman).

The Chairman also apologised that she would need to depart the meeting early. The Deputy Chairman, Simon Duckworth, would therefore be taking the Chair after her departure.