DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST
(Members Code of Conduct - Part 4A of the Constitution)
To receive disclosures of interests from members and co-opted members on matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.
An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.
Notes:
(1) Members may remain in the meeting and take part fully in discussion and voting unless the interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or an interest which the Member feels would call into question their compliance with the wider principles set out in the Code of Conduct. Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to the Member concerned or their spouse/partner.
(2) Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them. A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
(3) Members are also welcome to disclose interests which are not disclosable pecuniary interests but which they consider should be made in the interest of clarity.
(4) Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44.
Minutes:
The following disclosures on matters under consideration were made:
Petition & Motion – Northcliffe Park, Shipley (Minutes 43 and 51)
Councillors R Ahmed, Amran, Azam, Brown, Cooke, Godwin, Griffiths, Lal, M Pollard, Wainwright, Warburton and Watson declared an interest as a Trustee of Northcliffe Park being a member or alternate of the Regulatory and Appeals Committee. Those members left the meeting during consideration of the motion and petition with the exception of Councillors Azam and M Pollard. Councillor Ross-Shaw declared that he belongs to the Friends of Northcliffe community group.
Motion – Building a Statutory Youth Service (Minute 53)
Councillor M Smith declared an interest as Chair of the Ilkley Youth and Community Association and Councillor Gibbons as a member of the Trustee Board; Councillor Whiteley as a member of Burley in Wharfedale Parish Council which was paying Bradford Council’s Youth Service to design and deliver services, and Councillor Wood as an alternate for the Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
Motion – Protecting the Protectors (Minute 54)
Councillors Dodds, Peart, M Pollard, Sunderland and Tait declared an interest as a member of the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and Councillors Brown, Dunbar and T Hussain as a member of the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel.
Motion – Period Poverty (Minute 56)
During the debate on this motion Councillor Sunderland declared that she is a donator to Plan International.
The Lord Mayor declared he was a Governor of a school in Keighley.
With the exception where indicated the disclosures were made on the basis of transparency and those Members remained in the meeting during consideration and voting on the item.
ACTION: City Solicitor
