Issue - meetings

To submit the report of the Chair of the Standards Committee.

DECISION

TO ACCEPT THE REPORT

Mr Eifion Jones, Chair of the Standards Committee, was welcomed to the meeting to submit the committee's annual report for 2023/24.

The Chair noted that it was a pleasure to submit a positive report with standards remaining high. He reiterated that the Committee had succeeded to strengthen arrangements for responding to the political group leaders' duty by agreeing upon and adopting criteria to measure the success of the system. He thanked the three leaders and the Monitoring Officer for the positive collaboration when undertaking the work and he also thanked the Committee Members for their support throughout the year.

The Monitoring Officer reiterated that the response to the new duty was the result of good collaboration. He emphasised the need to ensure understanding of the Code of Conduct and that this could be done by holding further training that would ensure that Members were familiar with the basics of the Code. He also highlighted that there was a vacant seat on the Committee and he encouraged Council Members to refer individuals on to apply.

The Chair of the Standards Committee was thanked for his work during the year.

RESOLVED to accept the report.