It is recommended that the Press and Public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the item in Part 2 of the Agenda, as it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information relating to the financial and business affairs of any particular person (including the Authority holding the information) as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (amended).
Decision:
All business was conducted in Part I of the meeting without the need to exclude the press or public.
Minutes:
All business was conducted in public during Part I of the meeting without disclosing any of the exempt information contained in the Part II appendices. Therefore, it was not necessary to exclude the press and public from the meeting.