Agenda and draft minutes

Council Business Committee - Tuesday, 10th December 2024 6.00 p.m.

Venue: Morecambe Town Hall

Contact: Phillip Abel, Democratic Support - email  pabel@lancaster.gov.uk 

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No. Item

13.

Minutes

To receive as a correct record the Minutes of meeting held on 19 September 2024 (previously circulated).

 

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held 19 September 2024 were signed by the Chair as a correct record.

14.

Items of urgent business authorised by the Chair

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

15.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations by Councillors of interests in respect of items on this Agenda. 

Councillors are reminded that, in accordance with the Localism Act 2011, they are required to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests which have not already been declared in the Council’s Register of Interests. (It is a criminal offence not to declare a disclosable pecuniary interest either in the Register or at the meeting). 

Whilst not a legal requirement, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 9 and in the interests of clarity and transparency, Councillors should declare any disclosable pecuniary interests which they have already declared in the Register, at this point in the meeting. 

In accordance with Part B Section 2 of the Code Of Conduct, Councillors are required to declare the existence and nature of any other interests as defined in paragraphs 8(1) or 9(2) of the Code of Conduct. 

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

16.

Enabling Remote Attendance and Proxy Voting at Local Authority Meetings - Consultation Response pdf icon PDF 207 KB

Report of Senior Manager, Democratic Support and Elections.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee was asked to note the Government’s online consultation on Remote Meetings and Proxy Voting at Local Authority Meetings and consider making a response on behalf of the City Council.

 

After noting the consultation and agreeing unanimously to formulate a response at the meeting, the Committee discussed each question in turn and prepared answers for all relevant questions, which have been appended to these minutes.

 

Resolved: -

 

1)     That the Committee notes the Government’s consultation on Enabling Remote Meetings and Proxy Voting at Local Authority Meetings.

 

2)     That the Council’s response to the Government consultation on Remote Meetings and Proxy Voting at Local Authority Meetings, as appended to the minutes, be submitted on or before the deadline of 19 December 2024.