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.
Minutes:
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 Chairman confirmed that under the provisions of the Members’ Code of Conduct a Member has a ‘personal interest’ in an item of business if, inter alia, it relates to or is likely to affect another public body of which he or she is a Member.? In such a case the Members’ Code of Conduct requires the interest to be disclosed at the meeting at which it is considered. Advice Hs been received from the Monitoring Officer who confirmed that this would apply in relation to the Medium Term Financial Strategy Update and Transformation to 2021 Savings Proposals as regards Members who are ‘twin-hatters’. Therefore the following personal declarations of interest were made in respect of Item 9 on the Agenda:
Councillors John Bennison, Fred Birkett, Jackie Branson, Zilliah Brooks, Adam Carew, Fran Carpenter, Peter Chegwyn, Charles Choudhary, Daniel Clarke, Rod Cooper, Mark Cooper, Tonia Craig, Alan Dowden, Keith Evans, Steve Forster, Jane Frankum, Judith Grajewski, David Harrison, Edward Heron, Dominic Hiscock, Keith House, Gary Hughes, Rob Humby, Gavin James, David Keast, Rupert Kyrle, Alexis McEvoy, Robert Mocatta, Russell Oppenheimer, Neville Penman, Stephen Philpott, Jackie Porter, Roger Price, David Simpson, Michael Thierry, Martin Tod, Malcolm Wade, Michael Westbrook and Sean Woodward.
The following additional personal interests were declared:
Councillor Michael Westbrook – wife is a member of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Councillor Adrian Collett - member of Yateley Town Council and Chair of Blackwater and Hawley Town Council
Councillor Mel Kendal - member of the New Forest National Park Authority
Councillor Roz Chadd - father is a member of Rushmoor Borough Council
Councillor Patricia Stallard - member of Southwick Parish Council
Councillor Edward Heron - member of New Forest National Park Authority
Councillor Jonathan Glen – personal interest in Robert Mays school
Councillor Keith Mans - member of New Forest National Park Authority
Councillor Jane Frankum - son is a member of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Councillor Neville Penman - member of New Forest National Park Authority and Totton and Ealing Town Council
Councillor David Harrison - member of New Forest National Park Authority and Totton and Ealing Town Council
Councillor Russell Oppenheimer – member of the South Downs National Park Authority
Councillor Malcolm Wade - Chairman of Hythe and Dibden Parish Council
Councillor Rob Mocatta – member of New Forest National Park Authority
Councillor Ann Briggs – Vice-Chairman of Chichester Harbour Conservancy and husband is a member of Havant Borough Council
Councillor Alan Dowden – Chairman of Valley Park Parish Council and wife is a member of Test Valley Borough Council
Councillor Jackie Porter – Trustee, and in some cases, Chairman of Trustees of a number of charities as entered on Councillor Porter’s Register of Interests
Councillor Charles Choudhary - daughter is a member of Rushmoor Borough Council
Councillor Malcolm Tod – Chief Executive of the charity Men’s Health Forum
Councillor Alexis McEvoy – Vice-Chairman of the Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority
Councillor Andrew Joy – trustee Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation
Councillor Roy Perry - member of the Hampshire Cultural Trust