Decisions

RESOLVED

To accept the report.

RESOLVED

To accept the report.

RESOLVED

To recognise the revised Member-Officer Protocol agreed by Full Council on 19^th May 2026.

RESOLVED

The Governance Committee RECOMMENDS that Full Council:

(a)  Adopt the Local Government Association ‘Debate not Hate’ campaign and sign up to the ‘Debate not Hate’ public statement available on the Local Government Association website.

(b)  In doing so, makes a clear public statement that the Council is adopting a zero-tolerance approach to abuse, intimidation, and harassment of Members and Officers.

(c)   Asks for Officers to share the appropriate ‘Debate not Hate’ resources with all Councillors.

(d)  Agrees for the Chair of the Council, on behalf of the Council, to write to the local Members of Parliament and the Police on the Council’s adoption of the campaign.

(e)  Agrees that the Council continues to engage with the Police and Operation Ford, ensuring that Councillors are aware of the reporting mechanisms available to report abuse and intimidation.

(f)    Asks the Governance Committee report annually on the adoption of the campaign and review the safety of Councillors.

RESOLVED

To add mandatory safeguarding training to the annual programme of training.

RESOLVED

To accept the report.

RESOLVED

To accept the report and the contents within.

RESOLVED

that the minutes of the previous meeting on 23^rd April 2026 be agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Committee considered the final two notes from the Constitution Review Working Group meetings on 16^th and 30^th April 2026.

The working group had now ended and any further revisions to the Constitution would take place via the Governance Committee.

RESOLVED

that, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting of the particular item(s) on the grounds that it involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.