Agenda and minutes

Court of Aldermen - Tuesday, 16th March, 2021 12.30 pm

Venue: Virtual Meeting

Contact: Lorraine Brook
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Question - That the minutes of the last Court are an accurate record? PDF 214 KB

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Minutes:

Resolved:- That the minutes of the Court of Aldermen held on 8th December 2020 were correctly recorded.

[The minutes of the Court of Common Council were accessible throughout the meeting.]

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Mr Chamberlain's List of Applicants for the Freedom of the City:-

Name	Occupation	Address		Company
Jeremy Franklin Abraham	a Solicitor		Petersfield, Hampshire		Solicitors
David Charles Bates	a University Lecturer		Keenley, Allendale, Northumberland		Nurses
Anne Elizabeth Bender	a Clothing Company Director		Hutton Mount, Brentwood, Essex		Fan Makers
Hannah Grace Berridge	a Private Banker		Buckhurst Hill, Essex		International Bankers
Richard John Bishop	a Software Developer		Rugby, Warwickshire		Information Technologists
Monica Constancia Bolley	a Governance Director		Southall, Middlesex		Chartered Secretaries & Administrators
Ian Neil Burpitt	a Charity Recruitment Company Managing Director		Faversham, Kent		Fletchers
Hugo Charles Camps-Harris	an Agency Service Manager		South Kensington		Tobacco Pipe Makers & Tobacco Blenders
Nicola Louise Chandler	a Sales Director		Portsmouth, Hampshire		Butchers
Captain Michael Antony Clegg	a Surveyor		Tolvaddon, Camborne, Cornwall		Master Mariners
Patrick Francis Coll	an Oil & Gas Engineering Consultant		Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire		Fuellers
Terrence David Corby	a Management Consultant		Par, Cornwall		Management Consultants
Gervase Adam Robert Cox	an Assistant Director		Peckham		Chartered Secretaries & Administrators
Geraldine De Sausmarez	a Registered General Nurse		Winchmore Hill		Nurses
Kendra Margaret Felisky	an Actuary		Leigh, Kent		Actuaries
Dr. Andrew Charles Gower	a College Principal		Hollingbourne, Nr. Maidstone, Kent		Educators
Madeleine Jane Gower	a Primary School Headteacher		Hollingbourne, Nr. Maidstone, Kent		Educators
Sir Colin George Hampden-White	a Television Presenter and Journalist		Wapping		Distillers
Steven Edwin Harridge	a Civil Engineer, retired		Lymington, Hampshire		Engineers
Colonel Giles Harris, DSO, OBE	a Regular Army Officer		Wormingford, Essex		Distillers
Robert Christopher Hodgkins	a Farmer		Buntingford, Hertfordshire		Woolmen
Penelope Hodgson, BEM	a Registered Nurse, retired		Shamley Green, Surrey		Nurses
Gary Hurlstone	a Tree Shelter Company Director		Alton, Hampshire		Woolmen
Peter James Johnson	a Management Consultant		Worcester, Worcestershire		Management Consultants
Jeffrey Marx Kabel	a Commodities Broker		Chelsea		Ironmongers
Harry Edward Ferens Kaye	a Chartered Surveyor		Wandsworth		Grocers
David James Kennedy	a School Trust Chief Executive Officer		Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire		Founders
Roger Andrew McKinlay	a Chartered

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Minutes:

Mr Chamberlain presented the names of fifty-one persons to be made free of this City, and it is Ordered that they be admitted into the Freedom of this City accordingly, as follows:-

Name	Occupation		Address		Company
Jeremy Franklin Abraham		a Solicitor		Petersfield, Hampshire		Solicitors
David Charles Bates		a University Lecturer		Keenley, Allendale, Northumberland		Nurses
Anne Elizabeth Bender		a Clothing Company Director		Hutton Mount, Brentwood, Essex		Fan Makers
Hannah Grace Berridge		a Private Banker		Buckhurst Hill, Essex		International Bankers
Richard John Bishop		a Software Developer		Rugby, Warwickshire		Information Technologists
Monica Constancia Bolley		a Governance Director		Southall, Middlesex		Chartered Secretaries & Administrators
Ian Neil Burpitt		a Charity Recruitment Company Managing Director		Faversham, Kent		Fletchers
Hugo Charles Camps-Harris		an Agency Service Manager		South Kensington		Tobacco Pipe Makers & Tobacco Blenders
Nicola Louise Chandler		a Sales Director		Portsmouth, Hampshire		Butchers
Captain Michael Antony Clegg		a Surveyor		Tolvaddon, Camborne, Cornwall		Master Mariners
Patrick Francis Coll		an Oil & Gas Engineering Consultant		Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire		Fuellers
Terrence David Corby		a Management Consultant		Par, Cornwall		Management Consultants
Gervase Adam Robert Cox		an Assistant Director		Peckham		Chartered Secretaries & Administrators
Geraldine De Sausmarez		a Registered General Nurse		Winchmore Hill		Nurses
Kendra Margaret Felisky		an Actuary		Leigh, Kent		Actuaries
Dr. Andrew Charles Gower		a College Principal		Hollingbourne, Nr. Maidstone, Kent		Educators
Madeleine Jane Gower		a Primary School Headteacher		Hollingbourne, Nr. Maidstone, Kent		Educators
Sir Colin George Hampden-White		a Television Presenter and Journalist		Wapping		Distillers
Steven Edwin Harridge		a Civil Engineer, retired		Lymington, Hampshire		Engineers
Colonel Giles Harris, DSO, OBE		a Regular Army Officer		Wormingford, Essex		Distillers
Robert Christopher Hodgkins		a Farmer		Buntingford, Hertfordshire		Woolmen
Penelope Hodgson, BEM		a Registered Nurse, retired		Shamley Green, Surrey		Nurses
Gary Hurlstone		a Tree Shelter Company Director		Alton, Hampshire		Woolmen
Peter James Johnson		a Management Consultant		Worcester, Worcestershire		Management Consultants
Jeffrey Marx Kabel		a Commodities Broker		Chelsea		Ironmongers
Harry

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Reports: General Purposes Committee of Aldermen

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Minutes:

(i) The Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners’ Second Schedule to its Royal Charter of Incorporation, concerning the operation of its Register of Chartered Practitioners

The Court of Aldermen considered a recommendation of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen, following earlier consideration of a recommendation of the Magistracy and Livery Sub-Committee.

Resolved:- That the Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners’ Second Schedule to its Royal Charter of Incorporation, concerning the operation of its Register of Chartered Practitioners, be approved.

(ii) The Worshipful Company of Security Professionals’ Second Schedule to its Royal Charter of Incorporation

The Court of Aldermen considered a recommendation of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen, following earlier consideration of a recommendation of the Magistracy and Livery Sub-Committee.

Resolved:- That the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals’ Second Schedule to its Royal Charter of Incorporation be approved.

(iii) Revisions to the Court of Aldermen’s Terms of Reference

The Court of Aldermen considered a recommendation of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen following earlier consideration of a number of proposed revisions to the Court’s Terms of Reference, which were intended to better reflect the remit of the Court of Aldermen in respect of its charitable and wider activities.

Resolved:- That the proposed revisions, as recommended by the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen, be approved.

(iv) Openness and Transparency

The Court was advised, by the Chairman of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen, that the matter of openness and transparency in respect of the Court’s business had been considered over recent weeks. A working group of Aldermen had been reviewing different options since the New Year and recommendations thereon were currently expected to come forward in due course and for changes to be implemented in the new municipal year.

NOTED.

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