(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)       In relation to Agenda Item 7A to approve the following recommendations contained in the report of the Monitoring Officer (Document “D”) to grant a dispensation to all Members who have certain Disclosable Pecuniary Interests listed in Appendix A to the report, as defined in the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012, in the decision to approve the budget and to set the level of Council Tax and Business Rates for 2021/22 and 2022/23 during the Budget Council meetings on 18 February 2021 and 17 February 2022.

That Council:

 

(1)       Grants a dispensation to the Members of the Authority who have requested one, to enable them to participate in full in the decision to approve the budgets for 2021/22 and 2022/23 and to set the Council Tax and Business Rates for 2021/22 and 2022/23.

(2)       Approves the dispensation for a period of two years until 18 February 2022.

(3)       Notes Members’ personal interests and the Monitoring Officer’s advice that personal interests that may give rise to a perception of a conflict of interest shall not prevent Members from speaking and voting at the Budget meetings.

 

(2)       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.

 

(3)       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. 

 

(4)       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.

 

(5)       Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44.

 

The report of the Monitoring Officer (Document “D”) considered the granting of dispensations to all Members who had certain Disclosable Pecuniary Interests as defined in the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012 for approving the budget and setting the Council Tax and Business Rates. Members had also disclosed interests which were not disclosable pecuniary interests but which they considered should be made in the interests of clarity.

 

The lists attached as appendices A and B to the report had been updated with further notifications by Members on their declarations. It was,

 

Resolved –

 

That Council:

 

(1)       Grants a dispensation to the Members of the Authority who have requested one, to enable them to participate in full in the decision to approve the budgets for 2021/22 and 2022/23 and to set the Council Tax and Business Rates for 2021/22 and 2022/23.

 

(2)       Approves the dispensation for a period of two years until 18 February 2022.

 

(3)      Notes the personal interests and the Monitoring Officer’s advice that personal interests that may give rise to a perception of a conflict of interest shall not prevent Members from speaking and voting at this Budget meeting.

 

Dispensations under the Localism Act 2011 for the declaration of Members’ Disclosable Pecuniary Interests were given to the following Members to enable them to speak and vote on the Budget 2021/22:

Employment – Councillors Amran, Berry, Brown, K Green, Hinchcliffe, T Hussain, I Khan, Lal, Salam, Shaheen, Tait, Thornton and Wood.

Sponsorship - Councillors Azam, Davies, Dodds, Duffy, Engel, Farley, Godwin, D Green, K Green, Griffiths, Hargreaves, Heseltine, Hinchcliffe, Humphreys, T Hussain, Iqbal, Jabar, Jenkins, I Khan, Love, Mullaney, Pennington, Poulsen, Reid, Ross-Shaw, Slater, D Smith, Stubbs, J Sunderland, R Sunderland, Swallow, Tait, Thirkill, Thornton, Wainwright, Whitaker and Winnard.

Contracts – Councillors Naylor, Salam, Shafiq and D Smith.

Land – A Ahmed, Ali, Amran, Azam, Barker, Berry, Bibby, Brown, Cromie, Davies, Dodds, Duffy, Dunbar, Engel, Farley, Ferriby, Firth, Godwin, Goodall, D Green, K Green, Greenwood, Griffiths, Hargreaves, Hawkesworth, Herd, Heseltine, Hinchcliffe, Humphreys, Arshad Hussain, Kamran Hussain, Khadim Hussain, Shabir Hussain, T Hussain, Iqbal, Jabar, Jamil, Jenkins, Johnson, H Khan, I Khan, S Khan, Knox, Lal, Lee, Lintern, Love, Mir, Mohammed, Mukhtar, Mullaney, Naylor, Nazir, Pennington, Pollard, Poulsen, Reid, Riaz, Ross-Shaw, Salam, Shabbir, Shafiq, Shaheen, Slater, Smith, Stubbs, J Sunderland, R Sunderland, Swallow, Tait, Thirkill, Thornton, Townend, Wainwright, Warburton, Ward, Warnes, Watson, Whitaker, Whiteley, Winnard and Wood.

Licences - Smith and J Sunderland.

Corporate Tenancies – Cromie

Securities – Smith

 

The following personal declarations were received:

 

Members with a spouse, partner or close relative in the employment of the Council

Councillors A Ahmed, Amran, Brown, Dodds, Firth, D Green, Hawkesworth, Kamran Hussain, T Hussain, Iqbal, Jabar, Jenkins, I Khan, Lal, Love, Nazir, Pennington, Pollard, Riaz, Salam, Shabbir, Shafiq, Slater, Stubbs,

R Sunderland, Swallow, Tait, Thornton and Townend

 

Members employed by or who have a spouse, partner or close relative employed by a voluntary organisation/public body funded by the Council

Councillors Brown, Duffy, Jenkins, I Khan,Lal, Mullaney, Shabbir, Shaheen, and Thirkill

 

Members who occupied land or who had a spouse, partner or relative who did or were directors of companies or sat on the management committee of an organisation that occupied land under a lease or licence granted by the Council

Councillors Brown, Heseltine, Jamil, Jenkins, I Khan, Love, Mullaney, Ross-Shaw, and Smith.

 

Members of other public authorities

Adoption Panel – Councillors Berry and Whitaker

Airedale Drainage Board Commissioners - Councillor Goodall

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust – Councillor Firth

Airedale Partnership – Councillor Ross-Shaw

Arts Council North – Councillor Hinchcliffe

Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) – Councillor Berry

Better Start Bradford – Councillor Mir

Bingley Voluntary Action Trust – Councillor Heseltine

Bradford Business Improvement District – Councillor Ross-Shaw

Bradford College – Councillors Choudhry, Riaz and Shaheen

Bradford Deaf Community Association – Councillors Akhtar and Iqbal

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust – Councillors A Ahmed and Hargreaves

Bradford Economic Partnership – Councillors Hinchcliffe and Ross-Shaw

Bradford Trident – Councillors Mir and Salam

The Bridge Project Bradford – Councillor Berry

Christopher Topham’s Apprenticing Foundation – Councillor Whiteley

City Regions Board (LGA) – Councillor Hinchcliffe

Clayton Community Association – Councillor Thirkill

Drake and Tonson Foundation – Councillor Farley

Fostering Panel – Councillors A Ahmed, Akhtar and Townend

Harehills Education Trust – Councillors Brown, Lintern and M Slater

Haworth Exhibition Trust – Councillors Farley and Poulsen

Ilkley Business Improvement Board – Councillor Ross-Shaw

Joseph Nutter’s Foundation – Councillors Lee and Thirkill

Keighley Business Improvement District – Councillor Ross-Shaw

Keighley Community LLED – Councillors Ali and Firth

Key Cities – Councillors Hinchcliffe and I Khan

Leeds Bradford International Airport – Consultative Committee – Councillor Ross-Shaw (alternate: Councillor Lal)

Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership – Councillor Hinchcliffe

Nell Bank Charity – Councillor Ferriby (not appointed by Council)

North Regional Association for Sensory Support (NRASS) – Councillor Wainwright

Northern Acceleration Council – Councillor Hinchcliffe

Play Partnership – Councillor Swallow

Rural Action Yorkshire – Councillor Hawkesworth

Salt Foundation – Councillors Jenkins and Love

Sir Titus Salt Trust – Councillors Amran, Dunbar, Heseltine, Love and Thirkill

Southern Pennine Rural Regeneration (Pennine Prospects) – Councillor Godwin

Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) – Councillors Mohammed, Reid, Riaz and Swallow

Transport for the North – Councillor Hinchcliffe

University of Bradford – Court – Councillor Hinchcliffe

University of Leeds – Court – Councillor Jamil

West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Councillors Hinchcliffe (Chair), I Khan (alternate), Poulsen and Davies (alternate)

West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Business Innovation and Growth Panel – Councillor Ross-Shaw

West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Business Investment Panel – Councillor Ross-Shaw

West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Employment Skills Panel – Councillors Hinchcliffe and I Khan

West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Governance and Audit – Councillor Hinchcliffe (alternate: Councillor I Khan)

West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Green Economy Panel – Councillor Ferriby

West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Inclusive Growth and Public Policy – Councillor Ross-Shaw

West Yorkshire Combined Authority Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership – Councillors Hinchcliffe and I Khan

West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Overview and Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Nazir, Watson and Winnard (alternates Councillor Dodds, Riaz and Thirkill)

West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Place Panel – Councillors Hinchcliffe and Ross-Shaw

West Yorkshire Combined Authority - Transport Committee – Councillors Engel, H Khan and Salam

West Yorkshire Combined Authority – West Yorkshire and York Investment Panel – Councillor Ross-Shaw

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority – Councillors Mohammed, Shaheen, Pollard, J Sunderland and Tait

West Yorkshire Joint Services Committee – Councillors Davies, Duffy, Hinchcliffe, and I Khan (Alternates: Councillors Lal, Salam and Winnard)

West Yorkshire Pension Fund Investment Advisory Panel – Councillors Thornton and Winnard

West Yorkshire Pension Fund Joint Advisory Group – Councillors Salam, Thornton and Winnard

West Yorkshire Pension Fund – Pensions Board – Councillor Lal

West Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel – Councillors Brown, Dunbar and T Hussain

Wrose Carnival Management Committee – Councillors Greenwood, Hinchcliffe and Ross-Shaw

Yorkshire and Humber (Local Authorities) Employers Association – Councillor Duffy

Yorkshire Leaders Board – Councillor Hinchcliffe

Yorkshire Libraries and Information – Councillor Ferriby

Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation Holding Company – Councillor Warburton

Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation Procurement Holdings - Councillors Salam and Whiteley (Alternate: Councillor Lal)

Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee –Councillor Firth (alternate)

 

Parish Councillors 

Councillors Herd, Heseltine, Hinchcliffe, Naylor, Pennington, Ross-Shaw, Smith, Thirkill, Whitaker and Winnard

 

Members who sat on the management committee/ trustee of a Council voluntary organisation in receipt of Council Funding

Councillors Berry, Davies,Dodds, Ferriby, Hargreaves, Hawkesworth, Heseltine, Hinchcliffe, Khadim Hussain, T Hussain, Jabar, Jamil, I Khan,Mullaney, Poulsen, Riaz, Smith, Stubbs, J Sunderland, Tait, Thirkill, Townend and Winnard

 

Members who were members of a Council funded organisation

Councillors Brown, Hawkesworth, I Khan, Ross-Shaw, Smith, Thirkill and Ward

 

Members appointed by the Council to a public body with an interest in the Council’s budget

Cathedral Council – Councillor Dodds

Community and Arts Umbrella – Councillor Warnes

Keighley Towns Fund Board – Councillor Ross-Shaw

Saffron Dean Community Association – Councillor Duffy

Shipley Towns Fund Board – Councillor Ross-Shaw

 

Members who were appointed to external bodies

Abbeyfield The Dales and associated companies – Councillor Dale Smith

Baildon in Bloom – Councillor Pollard

Bradford City Challenge Limited – Councillor Mukhtar

Bradford City Challenge Foundation Limited – Councillors Imran Khan and Wainwright

Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Trust – Councillor T Hussain

Bradford Twin Towns Association – Councillors Lee and D Smith

Canal Road Urban Village – Councillor Ross-Shaw

Canterbury Imagination Library – Councillor Dale Smith

City of Film – Councillor Ferriby

Cougarmania Foundation Charity – Councillor Lee

Exceed Academy Trust – Councillor Dale Smith

Friends of Bracken Hill Park – Councillors T Hussain and Jabar

Friends of Harold Park – Councillor Tait

Great Horton Partnership – Councillor Jabar

Hainworth Wood Community Centre – Councillors Firth and Slater

Keighley Association Women and Children’s Centre – Councillor Lee

Kirklands (Menston) Trust – Councillor Dale Smith

Long Lee Village Hall – Councillors Firth and Slater

Patrol Adjudication and BLASJC – Councillors Lal and Thirkill

Ummid/Himmat Management Board – Councillor Jabar

 

Other interests

Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors – Councillors Stubbs and J Sunderland

BMA/Royal College of Pathologists – Councillor Godwin

Chartered Institute of Housing – Councillor T Hussain

Communication Workers’ Union – Councillor Watson

Community – Councillors Hinchcliffe, Jamil and Wainwright

Co-operative Party – Councillors Dodds, Lal and Swallow

Conservative Councillor Association – Councillor Heseltine

Dry Stone Walling Association – Councillor Love

GMB – Councillors A Ahmed, Akhtar, Engel, Green, Hinchcliffe, Kamran Hussain, Shabir Hussain, Jamil, H Khan, I Khan, Lintern, Swallow, Tate, Thornton and Warburton

HENRY – Councillor Mukhtar

Law Society – Councillor Farley

National Craft Butchers – Councillor Herd

National Education Union – Councillors Mukhtar and Warnes

NHS Research Institute – Councillor Riaz

Prospect – Councillor Duffy

UNISON – Councillors A Ahmed, Azam, Berry, Dodds, Dunbar, Firth, Greenwood, Hinchcliffe, T Hussain, Jabar, Lal, Lee, Mir, Mullaney, Ross-Shaw, Shafiq, Shaheen and Wood

UNITE – Councillors Amran, Azam, Berry, Choudhry, Duffy, Dunbar, Engel, Farley, Ferriby, Hinchcliffe, Kamran Hussain, Khadim Hussain, Iqbal, Jamil, Jenkins, S Khan, Mullaney, Salam and Thirkill

University and College Union – Councillors Mukhtar and Swallow

West Bowling Training and Advice Centre – Councillor Mir

Yorkshire & Humber Patient Safety Transitional Research Centre – Councillor Riaz

Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group – Councillor Riaz

 

Members who were school governors

Councillors Brown, Duffy, Dunbar, Farley, Ferriby, Firth, Godwin, Hargreaves, Jamil, Mukhtar, Pollard, Poulsen, Shafiq, D Smith, Swallow, Tait and Watson.

 

Other Governors and Trustees

Airedale General Hospital – Council Governor – Councillor Firth

Bolton NHS Trust – Elected Governor – Councillor Riaz

Wilsden Village Nursery School – Trustee – Councillor Riaz

 

Members entitled to receive an allowance paid by the Council

All Members of the Council in attendance.

 

West Yorkshire Pension Fund

All Members in receipt of a West Yorkshire Pension Fund pension or a West Yorkshire Police Pension.

 

ACTION:        Monitoring Officer