Declarations of Interest
To receive from Members, declarations of the existence of any disclosable pecuniary, or non-pecuniary, interests and the nature of those interests in relation to any agenda item. Please see Agenda Notes.
Minutes:
The Chair declared a personal interest in Item 6, a report of the Independent Remuneration Panel concerning the review of Members’ Allowances 2019, as it included recommendations for a reduction in the Special Responsibility Allowance (SRA) for the Chair of General Purposes Committee.
Councillor Coole also declared a personal interest in Item 6 as it included a recommendation to increase the SRA for the Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
Both the Chair and Councillor Coole advised they would not take part in the debate relating to these appointments.
The Policy and Governance Manager advised that there was no legal requirement to declare an interest.