Agenda item

Report of the Remembrancer.

The Committee received a report of the Remembrancer, concerning approval for amendments to the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers’ draft Supplemental Charter. The amendments sought were amending the nomenclature of the Company’s most senior elected officer from ‘Master’ to ‘Prime Warden’, amending the formal name of the Company to take account of this change, and granting a power to amend the Company’s charters by special resolution of its members, allowing decisions to be taken by the Company outside of physical meetings.

Members of the Committee who were members of the Magistracy and Livery Sub-Committee wished to note that given that ‘Prime Warden’ was an accepted term, the Sub-Committee expressed no view on the term ‘Master’. The Sub-Committee also welcomed the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers’ flexibility in responding to its comments.

RESOLVED – That the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen approve the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers’ draft Supplemental Charter.