Local democracy

Agenda item

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 declarations of interest were received:

 

(i)         The following members disclosed a personal interest in the item on the      agenda relating to the Budget  2019 – 20 (Minute 79) and of the nature          and description indicated by each category:

 

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

 

            Cllr Imran Khan

            Cllr Jabar

           

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

 

            Cllr Imran Khan

 

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

 

            Cllr Imran Khan

            Cllr Ross-Shaw

 

           

4.         Members of other public authorities:

 

                       

            Airedale Partnership:

 

            Cllr Ross-Shaw

                                   

            Bradford Business Improvement District:

 

            Cllr Ross-Shaw

 

            Bradford Economic Partnership:

 

            Cllr Hinchcliffe

            Cllr Ross-Shaw (Alt)

 

           

            City Regions Board (LGA):

 

            Cllr Hinchcliffe (VCh)

           

 

            Drake and Tonson Foundation:

            Cllr Farley– Not appointed by the Council but approached by the     Chair.

           

            Haworth Exhibition Trust:

 

            Cllr Farley

 

            Key Cities:

 

            Cllr Hinchcliffe

            Cllr I Khan

 

 

            Leeds Bradford International Airport – Consultative Committee:

 

            Cllr Ross-Shaw

 

            Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership:

 

            Cllr Hinchcliffe

 

                       

            Sir Titus Salt Trust:

 

            Cllr Hinchcliffe

           

 

            University of Bradford – Court:

 

            Cllr Hinchcliffe

 

 

            West Yorkshire Combined Authority:

   

            Cllr Hinchcliffe  (Chair)

            Cllr I Khan  (Alt)

 

 

            West Yorkshire Combined Authority Inclusive Growth and Public    Policy:

 

            Cllr Ross-Shaw

 

 

            West Yorkshire Combined Authority West Yorkshire & York Investment      Panel:

 

Cllr Ross-Shaw

 

            West Yorkshire Combined Authority Business Innovation and Growth        Panel:

 

            Cllr Ross-Shaw

 

 

            West Yorkshire Combined Authority  Business Investment Panel:

 

            Cllr Ross-Shaw

 

 

            West Yorkshire Combined Authority Employment Skills Panel:

 

            Cllr Hinchcliffe

            Cllr Imran Khan

 

 

            West Yorkshire Combined Authority Governance and Audit:

 

            Cllr Hinchcliffe

            Cllr Imran Khan (Substitute)

 

 

            West Yorkshire Combined Authority Green Economy Panel:

 

            Cllr Ferriby

 

            West Yorkshire Combined Authority Leeds City Region Partnership:

 

            Cllr Hinchcliffe

 

 

            West Yorkshire Combined Authority Place Panel:

 

            Cllr Hinchcliffe

            Cllr Ross-Shaw       

 

           

            West Yorkshire Joint Services Committee:

 

            Cllr Hinchcliffe

            Cllr Imran Khan

 

 

            Wrose Carnival Management Committee:

 

            Cllr Hinchcliffe

            Cllr Ross-Shaw

 

            Yorkshire Libraries and Information:

Cllr Ferriby

 

Yorkshire Regional Flood & Coastal Committee:

 

Cllr Farley (Sub Member)

 

           

5.         Members who sit on the management committee/ trustee volunteer of a     voluntary organisation in receipt of Council Funding:

 

            Cllr Ferriby

            Cllr Hinchcliffe

            Cllr Jabar

            Cllr Imran Khan

 

           

6.         Members who are members of a Council funded organisation:

           

            Cllr Imran Khan

            Cllr Ross-Shaw

 

           

 

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

 

 

            Keighley Business Improvement District Board:

 

            Cllr Ross-Shaw

 

 

8(i)      Members who are appointed to external bodies

 

 

            Bradford City Challenge Foundation Limited:

            Cllr Imran Khan

 

            Canal Road Urban Village:

            Cllr Ross-Shaw

 

            City of Film:

            Cllr Ferriby

 

            Friends of Brackenhill Park:

            Cllr Jabar

 

            Great Horton Partnership:

            Cllr Jabar

 

            Ummid/Himmat Management Board:

            Cllr Jabar

 

 

8(ii)     Other Interests:

           

            Unison Calderdale

            Cllr Jabar (Lab)

 

 

9.         Members who are school governors:

 

            Cllr Farley

            Cllr Ferriby

 

           

 10.      Members entitled to receive an allowance paid by the Council

 

            All members of the Executive in attendance.

 

 

11.       All members who are in receipt of a West Yorkshire Pension Fund pension.

 

 

(ii)        The following Members of the Executive had also been granted       dispensations under the Localism Act 2011 in relation to declared            Disclosable Pecuniary Interests relating to employment, sponsorship and land for the purposes of speaking and voting at this meeting in            relation to the Budget 2019 – 20  (Minute 79):

 

Employment :

 

Councillors Imran Khan and Ross Shaw

 

Sponsorship:           

 

Councillors Farley, Jabar, Imran Khan and Ross-Shaw

 

Land: 

 

Councillors Farley, Ferriby, Hinchcliffe, Imran Khan, Ross-Shaw and Jabar

 

ACTION: City Solicitor