(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