Agenda item

6 October 2015

(B) Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Lunch - Report of action taken under urgency procedures

We hereby report action taken as a matter of urgency, pursuant to Standing Order No.19, in approving arrangements for hospitality prior to the presentation of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.

In September, the City Corporation was approached to host a lunch in honour of the winner of this year’s Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, to be presented by HM The Queen on Monday 26 October. The Prize is awarded for ground breaking innovation and engineering which has been of global benefit to humanity, and the Corporation has previously hosted the lunch for the inaugural Prize.

With the opportunity only emerging in September and with insufficient time to seek the approval of the Court in the usual manner, urgent approval was consequently sought and obtained. We now report the action taken.

6 October 2015

(B) Report of Urgent Action Taken: Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

The Court was informed of action taken as a matter of urgency, pursuant to Standing Order No.19, in approving arrangements for hospitality prior to the presentation of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.

In September, the City Corporation was approached to host a lunch in honour of the winner of this year’s Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, to be presented by HM The Queen on Monday 26 October. The Prize is awarded for ground breaking innovation and engineering which has been of global benefit to humanity, and the Corporation has previously hosted the lunch for the inaugural Prize.

With the opportunity only emerging in September and with insufficient time to seek the approval of the Court in the usual manner, urgent approval was consequently sought and obtained.

Resolved – That the action taken be noted.