Agenda item

As required by the Council’s Constitution, the Director of Law and Corporate Governance submitted for consideration the  draft Annual Report outlining the work undertaken by the Committee during 2006/2007.  In addition to summarising the achievements of the Committee over the last municipal year, the Annual Report included an introduction from the Chair; an outline of the role of the Standards Board for England; the composition of the Committee; its current terms of reference and its proposed work programme for the next 12 months. 

The Director of Law and Corporate Governance indicated that, as previously instructed by the Committee, the Annual Report would be published in a more “user friendly” format so that the work of the Committee would be more accessible  to the Council’s key partners, stakeholders and the public at large. 

During consideration of the draft Report minor amendments and corrections were agreed which the Officers undertook to incorporate prior to its submission to Council for approval.

Recommended  –   That the draft Annual Report of the Standards Committee for 2006/2007 as now amended be approved by the Council.