Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk (copy attached).

The Committee received a report of the Town Clerk advising of the action taken by the Town Clerk in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman since the last meeting of the Committee in accordance with Standing Orders 41(a) and 41(b).

RESOLVED – That it be noted that approval was given to the following:-

1.    the final wording of the City Corporation’s Pay Policy Statement;

2.    expenditure of £9,160 for four events (a lecture entitled “deregulation for Growth”, a Dinner associated with social investment, support for a conference at which the President of the European Council delivered a keynote speech and one concerning Economic Crime) organised as part of the Chairman’s extended political and business contact programme; and

3.    £30,000 being spent on the production of an updated version of a research paper on attitudes in the EU towards the future of the City of London as Europe’s financial centre and its position in relation to the development of EU financial regulation.