Exclusion of the Press and Public (01:04:58)
Councillor D F Pugsley raised the following matter at the Scrutiny Meeting held on 8 December 2014.
Exclusion of Press and Public.
Following discussion it was RECOMMENDED to the Standards Committee that Procedure Rule 21 have the following text added as a second paragraph referring to 12.02.d.
Whenever there is a possibility that an item may need to be discussed in part two the agenda should include a brief explanation as to why this might be the case, in plain English, and make reference to the Constitution, Article 12, which mentions a presumption in favour of openness and transparency.