Agenda item

To consider recommendations concerning the provision of hospitality.

(a)      71^st (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment March and Reception

The 71^st (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment is a reserve regiment of the Royal Corps of Signals.  The Regiment was granted Privileged Status in March 2018 in recognition of their long-standing association with the City of London. The Regiment was planning a Service of Thanksgiving in January 2020 at St Andrew’s Holborn, following which, it wished to exercise its right to March through the City with “drums beating, flags flying and bayonets fixed”, culminating in Guildhall Yard. 

It is recommended that hospitality be granted for a lunchtime reception for the 71^st (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment following the March, with arrangements to be made under the auspices of the Hospitality Working Party; the costs to be met from City’s Cash and within the agreed parameters.

Resolved – That hospitality be granted for a lunchtime reception for the 71^st (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment following the March, with arrangements to be made under the auspices of the Hospitality Working Party; the costs to be met from City’s Cash and within the agreed parameters.

(b)      William Cecil, 1^st Baron Burghley lecture and reception 

William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598), was the chief minister of Elizabeth I and the leading political and diplomatic figure for most of her reign. He had numerous civic, commercial and political connections with the City.

To mark the 500^th anniversary of William Cecil’s birth, it was proposed that the City Corporation, in conjunction with Gresham College and the Lord Burghley 500 Foundation, host a lecture on the City of London and Elizabethan Court, followed by an early evening reception and small dinner. It was, therefore, recommended that hospitality be granted for a lecture, early evening reception and dinner and that arrangements are made under the auspices of the Hospitality Working Party; the costs to be met from City’s Cash and within the agreed parameters.

Resolved – That hospitality be granted for a lecture, early evening reception and dinner and that arrangements are made under the auspices of the Hospitality Working Party; the costs to be met from City’s Cash and within the agreed parameters.