Issue - meetings

To submit the report of the Propriety and Elections Manager

To note and accept the contents of the report.

Submitted - the Monitoring Officer's report detailing the Gifts and Hospitality Register and inviting observations from the committee as part of the standards monitoring work within the Council.

The Monitoring Officer noted that members were required to register any offers of gifts or hospitality worth more than £25. Members were reminded that the code of conduct clearly noted that any gift given to members in an inappropriate situation, regardless of its value, was inappropriate.

Reference was made to part 7.2 of the report where it was noted that every offer registered to date expressed gratitude for a local member's support (not a member of the Planning Committee) with a specific planning application.

The Chair thanked the Monitoring Officer for confirming that the report did not refer to the Planning Committee members