Agenda

To receive disclosures of personal interest from Members in accordance with the Code of Conduct

Note:

1.    Members are requested to identify the item number and subject matter that their interest relates to and signify the nature of the personal interest: and

2.   Where Members withdraw from a meeting as a consequence of the disclosure of a prejudicial interest they must notify the Chairman when they leave.

To approve as an accurate record, the minutes of the meeting held on 19^th November 2021.

To consider the Code of Conduct Casebooks for the months January – March 2021 (Issue 25).

To receive a summary of Complaints against Members from the 1^st November 2021 – 28^th February 2022.

To allow Members the opportunity to consider recent decisions made by the Adjudication Panel for Wales (APW).

To afford Committee members the opportunity to provide feedback and discuss the recent All Wales Standards Conference, which was held virtually on 9^th February 2022, with particular reference to Welsh Government’s commissioned independent review of the Ethical Standards Framework in Wales.

To seek Members’ views on this proposal.

To inform the Committee of changes to the statutory ethical framework, which are being introduced by Part 4 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 and seek agreement of the actions to be taken in response.

To consider any items, which the Chairman, by reason of special circumstances, is of the opinion should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.