Issue - meetings

All Members who believe they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting must declare that interest and, having regard to Part 3 Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council's Members’ Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code.  Furthermore all Members with a Personal Interest in a matter being considered at the meeting should consider, having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 4 of the Code, whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 5 of the Code, consider whether it is appropriate to leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code.

Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter considered at the meeting they must declare that interest at the time of the relevant debate and, having regard to the circumstances described in Part 1, Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council’s Members’ Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code.  Furthermore Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Non-Pecuniary interest in a matter being considered at the meeting they considered whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 2 of the Code, considered whether it was appropriate to leave the meeting whilst the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code.

The following personal declarations of interest were made in respect of Items 4 and 12 on the Agenda:

Item 4 – Deputations by Professor Joy Carter, Patron of WINACC and Alison Skillen, member of WINACC

Councillor Roger Huxstep - County Council’s nominated trustee for WINACC

Item 12 – Notice of Motion

Councillor David Simpson – served in the British Army
Councillor Gary Hughes – served in the Royal Navy

Councillor Andrew Joy – served in the British Army, Royal Air Force and HQ
  Northern Ireland

Councillor Liz Fairhurst – served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service

Councillor Graham Burgess – served in the Senior Service

Councillor Bill Withers Lt Col (Retd) – served in the British Army and HQ
  Northern Ireland

Councillor Rhydian Vaughan – served in the Welsh Guards

Councillor Fred Birkett – served in the Royal Navy

Councillor Roland Dibbs – served in the Royal Navy

Councillor Keith Mans – served in the Royal Air Force, the Regular Force and
  the Reserves

Councillor Chris Carter – served in the Royal Naval Reserves

Councillor Roger Huxstep – served in the Senior Service

Item 11 – Consideration of Motion referred by County Council: Climate Change

Councillor Kirsty North declared a disclosable pecuniary interest through her employment and would leave the Chamber for any discussion on that item.