Agenda item

Report from Constitution, Ethics and Probity Committee

Minutes:

Councillor John Marshall introduced the report and moved reception and adoption. Councillor Marshall further moved the amendments in his name and accepted the first amendment in the name of Councillor Alison Moore but not the second. Councillor Moore moved her amendments. Debate ensued.

 

The Worshipful the Mayor advised Council that following legal advice he taken the decision to rule the amendment in the name of Councillor Geof Cooke out of order.

 

Upon being put the vote the amendments in the name of Councillor Marshall were declared carried.

Upon being put to the vote the first amendment in the name of Councillor Alison Moore was declared carried.

Upon being put to the vote the second amendment in the name of Councillor Alison Moore was declared lost

 

At least ten members called for a formal division on the voting on the second amendment in the name of Councillor Alison Moore. Upon the vote being taken the results of the Division were declared as follows:

 

 

For

Against

Absent

Maureen Braun

 

ü

 

Rebecca Challice

 

 

ü

Pauline Coakley-Webb

ü

 

 

Dean Cohen

 

ü

 

Jack Cohen

ü

 

 

Melvin Cohen

 

ü

 

Philip Cohen

 

 

ü

Geof Cooke

ü

 

 

Alison Cornelius

 

ü

 

Richard Cornelius

 

ü

 

Tom Davey

 

ü

 

Val Duschinsky

 

ü

 

Paul Edwards

 

 

ü

Claire Farrier

ü

 

 

Anthony Finn

 

ü

 

Brian Gordon

 

ü

 

Eva Greenspan

 

ü

 

Helena Hart

 

ü

 

John Hart

 

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Ross Houston

ü

 

 

Anne Hutton

ü

 

 

Andreas Ioannidis

 

 

ü

Devra Kay

 

 

ü

Sury Khatri

 

ü

 

Adam Langleben

ü

 

 

Kathy Levine

 

 

ü

David Longstaff

 

ü

 

Kitty Lyons

ü

 

 

John Marshall

 

ü

 

Kath McGuirk

 

 

ü

Arjun Mittra

ü

 

 

Alison Moore

ü

 

 

Ammar Naqvi

 

 

ü

Nagus Narenthira

ü

 

 

Charlie O’Macauley

ü

 

 

Graham Old

 

ü

 

Alan Or-Bach

 

 

ü

Reema Patel

ü

 

 

Bridget Perry

 

ü

 

Wendy Prentice

 

ü

 

Sachin Rajput

 

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Barry Rawlings

ü

 

 

Hugh Rayner

 

ü

 

Tim Roberts

ü

 

 

Gabriel Rozenberg

 

ü

 

Lisa Rutter

 

ü

 

Shimon Ryde

 

ü

 

Brian Salinger

 

ü

 

Gill Sargeant

 

 

ü

Joan Scannell

 

 

ü

Alan Schneiderman

 

 

ü

Daniel Seal

 

ü

 

Mark Shooter

 

ü

 

Agnes Slocombe

ü

 

 

Stephen Sowerby

 

 

ü

Caroline Stock

 

ü

 

Daniel Thomas

 

ü

 

Ruben Thompstone

 

ü

 

Jim Tierney

ü

 

 

Amy Trevethan

 

 

ü

Laurie Williams

ü

 

 

Peter Zinkin

 

ü

 

Zakia Zubairi

ü

 

 

 

For: 19

Against: 30

Absent: 14

TOTAL: 63

 

The second amendment in the name of Councillor Alison Moore was declared lost.

 

RESOLVED - The Council approve the following amendments

 

1.         That in the Terms of reference of General Functions Committee at Appendix H (page 66 of report), the proposed bullet point ‘request a ward boundary review by the Electoral Commission’ should read ‘request a ward boundary review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’.

 

2.         That changes to Section 13 of Appendix M, Access to Info Procedure Rules, (pages 137 to 138 of report) be not adopted and the issue be referred back to the next meeting of  CEP on 25 November 2014.

           

3.         That under All Committees the Number of members required, add the words ‘3 where the Membership is less than 9 and’ so that the full text reads: ‘3 where the Membership is less than 9 and 4 where the Membership is 9 or more’

 

RESOLVED - That subject to the amendments set out above the recommendations set out in the report be approved.

 

1.         That Council approve the recommendations contained in the report from the Constitution Ethics and Probity Committee at Annexe A, and the track change versions attached at Appendix A to Appendix R.

 

2.         That the Assurance Director (Monitoring Officer) be authorised to implement these revisions and publish a revised Constitution.

 

 

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