(Members Code of Conduct - Part 4A of the Constitution)

 

To receive disclosures of personal and prejudicial interests from 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 concerning the approval of the Council’s Budget and setting the level of Council Tax and Business Rates for  2017/18 Members will be asked to approve the following recommendations contained in the report of the City Solicitor/Monitoring Officer (Document “U”) on the granting of dispensations to all Members who have certain Disclosable Pecuniary Interests as defined in the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012 and as listed in the Appendix A to the report:

 

            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 2017/18 and 2018/19 and to set the Council Tax and Business Rates for 2017/18 and 2018/19 .

 

            2.         Approves the dispensation for a period of 2 years until 23 February 2018.

 

 3.      Notes 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 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 (as listed in Appendix B to the report). Any other interests may be disclosed prior to, or at, the meeting.

 

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

 

The report of the City Solicitor/Monitoring Officer (Document “U”) 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 2017/18 and 2018/19 and to set the Council Tax and Business Rates for 2017/18 and 2018/19.

 

(2)       Approves the dispensation for a period of 2 years until 23 February 2018.

 

(3)      Notes 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.

 

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 2017/18 and 2018/19:

Employment – Councillors Amran, Berry, Brown, Dunbar, Hawarun Hussain, Lal, Peart, Ross-Shaw, Sajawal, Tait and Thornton.

Sponsorship - Councillors Davies, Dodds, Engel, Farley, Fear, Gibbons, Griffiths, Green, Tariq Hussain, Iqbal, Jabar, Johnson, I Khan, Love, Miller, Mullaney, Pennington, N Pollard, Poulsen, Pullen, Reid, Ross-Shaw, Sharp, M Slater, Stelling, Stubbs, J Sunderland, R Sunderland, Swallow, Tait, Thornton and Wainwright.

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

Land – R Ahmed, Morris, Ross-Shaw, D Smith and Tait.

Licences - Bacon, Hinchcliffe, B M Smith, D Smith and J Sunderland.

 

The following personal declarations were received:

 

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

Councillors A Ahmed, Akhtar, Amran, Brown, Dodds, Ellis, Greenwood, Hawkesworth, Hawarun Hussain, Iqbal, Imran Khan, Lal, Love, Morris, Mullaney, Pennington, Riaz, Ross-Shaw, Salam, Shabbir, Shafiq, M Slater, V Slater, Swallow, Tait, Thornton, Townend and Ward

 

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, Hawarun Hussain, Imran Khan,Lal, Mullaney, Shabbir, Shaheen, Sharp and Thirkill

Members who occupied land or who had a spouse, partner, relative 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, Hinchcliffe, Hawarun Hussain, Jamil, Imran Khan, Love, Mullaney, N Pollard, Reid, Ross-Shaw, B M Smith, D Smith, Stelling, J Sunderland, R Sunderland and Warnes

 

Members of other public authorities

Adoption Panel – Councillor Duffy

Airedale Drainage Board Commissioners - Councillors Ellis and Rickard

Airedale Partnership – Councillors Cooke and Ross-Shaw

Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) – Councillor Berry

Better Start Bradford – Councillor Sajawal

Bingley Voluntary Action – Councillor Pennington

Bradford and Airedale Citizens Advice Bureau – Councillors Barker and Watson

Bradford Deaf Community Association – Cllr B M Smith

The Bridge Project Bradford – Councillor Berry

Christopher Tophams Apprenticing Foundation – Councillor Whiteley

Drake and Tonson Foundation – Councillor Bacon

Fostering Panel – Councillors A Ahmed, Akhtar and Townend

Friends of Harold Park – Councillor Tait

Greenmoor Community Board (City and Great Horton Wards) – Councillor Azam, Dodds and Jabar

Harehills Education Trust – Councillors Brown, Abid Hussain and M Slater

Haworth Exhibition Trust – Councillors Farley and Poulsen

Ilkley Youth and Community Association and Children’s Centre – Councillor Gibbons

Joseph Nutter’s Foundation – Councillors Lee, Thirkill and Gibbons (Member of Management Board)

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

Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership – Councillor Hinchcliffe

Leeds City Region Employment and Skills Board – Councillor Hinchcliffe

Leeds City Region Land and Assets Board – Councillor Hinchcliffe

Nell Bank Outdoor Education Centre – Councillors Ferriby, Hawarun Hussain, Poulsen and B M Smith

NHS Foundation Trust – Councillors Gibbons and Mohammed

NHS Mental Health Board – Councillor Mohammed (Appointed Governor)

North Regional Association for Sensory Support (NRASS) – Councillors Gibbons and Wainwright

Play Partnership – Councillor Swallow

Pupil Referral Unit Management Group – Councillors Farley, M Pollard and Thirkill

RoshniGhar – Councillor Khadim Hussain

Rural Action Yorkshire – Councillor Hawkesworth

Salt Foundation – Councillor Love

Sir Titus Salt Trust – Councillors Amran, Cooke, Heseltine, Hinchcliffe, Hawarun Hussain, Love and Thirkill

Southern Pennine Rural Regeneration (Pennine Prospects) – Councillor Hawkesworth (Alternate: Councillor Ellis)

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

University of Bradford – Council – Cllr Khadim Hussain

University of Bradford – Court – Councillors Berry, Duffy, Khadim Hussain, D Smith, J Sunderland and Whiteley

University of Leeds – Court - Councillor Jamil

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority – Councillors R Ahmed, Dodds, Peart, M Pollard and Tait

West Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel – Councillors T Hussain, Mallinson and Pullen

West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Councillors Hinchcliffe (Councillor V Slater alternate) and J Sunderland. Councillor Cooke a Conservative alternate

West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Investment Committee – Councillors Hinchcliffe and Ross-Shaw

West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Overview and Scrutiny Committee – Councillors Ellis, Mohammed and Shaheen

West Yorkshire Combined Authority Transport Committee – Councillors Abid Hussain, H Khan, Poulsen and Salam

West Yorkshire Joint Services Committee – Councillors Duffy, Hinchcliffe, Riaz and V Slater (Alternates: Councillors Imran Khan, Salam and Ellis)

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

Yorkshire Libraries and Information – Councillor Ferriby

Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation Holding Company – Councillor Warburton

Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation Management Company - Councillors Warburton and Whiteley (Alternates: Councillors Ellis and Lal)

Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee – Councillor Ellis (alternate Councillor Farley)

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

West Yorkshire Pension Fund Joint Advisory Group – Councillors Lal, Miller and Thornton

West Yorkshire Pensions Fund – Pensions Board – Councillor M Slater

 

Parish Councillors 

Councillors Gibbons, Naylor, Rickard, D Smith and Thirkill

 

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

Councillors R Ahmed, Berry, Davies,Ferriby, Hawkesworth, Heseltine, Hawarun Hussain, Khadim Hussain, Jamil, Imran Khan,Lal, Mallinson, Nicola Pollard, Poulsen, Reid, Riaz, Sajawal, D Smith, BM Smith, J Sunderland, Thirkill, Townend and Warnes

 

Members who were members of a Council funded organisation

Councillors R Ahmed, Brown, Fear, Gibbons, Griffiths, Hawkesworth, Imran Khan, Nicola Pollard, Reid, Rickard, Ross-Shaw, Sharp, V Slater, D Smith, J Sunderland and Thirkill

 

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

Bradford College – Councillor D Smith

Cathedral Council – Councillor Hinchcliffe

Community and Arts Umbrella – Councillor Warnes

Incommunities Ltd (HA Board) – Councillors Cooke and Duffy

Keighley Business Improvement District Board – Councillor Ross-Shaw

Saffron Dean Community Association – Councillor Dunbar

Strategic Disability Partnership – Councillor D Smith

 

Members who were appointed to external bodies

Bradford City Challenge Limited – Councillor Johnson

Bradford City Challenge Foundation Limited – Councillors Imran Khan and Wainwright

Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Trust – Councillor Tariq Hussain

Bradford Trident – Councillors Hawarun Hussain, Salam and Sajawal

Bradford Twin Towns Association – Councillors Lee and D Smith

Canal Road Urban Village – Councillor Ross-Shaw

City of Film – Councillor Ferriby

Friends of Bracken Hill Park – Councillors Tariq Hussain and Jabar

Great Horton Partnership – Councillor Jabar

Hainworth Wood Community Centre – Councillors Lee and M Slater

Keighley Association Women and Children’s Centre – Councillor Lee

Long Lee Village Hall – Councillors Lee and M Slater

Patrol Adjudication and BLASJC – Councillor Thirkill

Ummid/Himmat Management Board – Councillor Jabar

UNISON Calderdale – Councillors Tariq Hussain and Jabar

Members who were school governors

Councillors Brown, Davies, Dodds, Duffy, Farley, Ferriby, Greenwood, Jamil, Johnson, Lee, Peart, M Pollard, Pullen, Sajawal, Shafiq, V Slater, D Smith, Swallow, Tait, Thirkill, Thornton, Warburton, Ward and Watson. Councillor Riaz as an Academy Governor for the Northern Education Trust.

 

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.

 

ACTION:       City Solicitor