Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence.

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.

To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting.

To receive any deputations notified under Standing Order 12.

To receive any announcements the Chairman may wish to make.

To receive a position statement from the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Corporate Operations and an update from the external auditors, Ernst and Young, on the status of the audit of Hampshire County Council for the year ending 31 March 2022.

To receive the quarterly update on the County Council’s use of regulated investigatory powers.

To receive the non-exempt minutes of the Hampshire Pension Fund Panel and Board meeting held on 16 December 2022.

To resolve that the public be excluded from the meeting during the following item of business, as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during this item there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraphs 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, and further that in all the circumstances of the cases, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons set out in the exempt minutes.

To receive the exempt minutes of the Hampshire Pension Fund Panel and Board meeting held on 16 December 2022.