Issue - meetings

Received a report on proposed changes to the General Questions and Petitions Procedures within the Council’s Constitution.

Agreed:

(i)  The changes to these Procedures as set out in Appendices A and B to the report, subject to the additional inclusion of the clause “This condition will be waived where the Member, or a colleague on their behalf, has notified the Chief Executive in advance of the start of the meeting of their inability to attend due to ill health or family bereavement” in paragraph 13.5; and

(ii)  That the Constitution be amended accordingly.