Issue - meetings

To submit the report of the Monitoring Officer.

1.    Agree on the draft Terms of Reference, including representation.

2.    Approve the proposed arrangements to support the National Forum.

Submitted – the report of the Monitoring Officer inviting the committee to approve the proposed arrangements to support the Standards Committee National Forum, and to agree a draft Terms of Reference for the Forum.

During the discussion, the following matters were raised:-

·         The proposal to set up a National Forum in order to establish consistency in the arrangements across Wales was welcomed.

·         In response to a question, the Monitoring Officer noted that it was intended to hold the first meeting of the Forum in December, subject to arranging a date.  In relation to representation from Gwynedd, it was likely that the Vice-chair of this committee would be asked to attend this time, as the term of the Chair was ending in December, but this was dependent on the exact date of the Forum.

·         The Chair suggested, as the Monitoring Officer would not normally attend Forum meetings, that the Chair and the Monitoring Officer should meet soon after each meeting, to allow the Chair to inform the Monitoring Officer of the matters raised, so that the Monitoring Officer could then provide feedback to the Standards Committee.

RESOLVED

1.         To agree on the draft Terms of Reference, including representation.

2.         To approve the proposed arrangements to support the National Forum.