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Contact:	Christeen Abee
Service:	Committee Services
Direct Line:	01784 444229
E-mail:	c.abee@spelthorne.gov.uk
Date:	22 November 2024

Notice of meeting

Standards Committee

Date:	Monday, 2 December 2024
Time:	7.00 pm
Place:	Council Chamber, Council Offices, Knowle Green, Staines-upon-Thames TW181XB

To the members of the Standards Committee

Councillors:

Gareth Young (Chair) Dylan Price (Vice-Chair) M.M. Attewell C. Bateson

J.R. Boughtflower J.T.F. Doran D.L. Geraci K.M. Grant

M.J. Lee S.C. Mooney

Substitute Members: Councillors

S.A. Dunn, T. Burrell, K.E. Rutherford and O. Rybinski

Councillors are reminded that the Gifts and Hospitality Declaration book will be available outside the meeting room for you to record any gifts or hospitality offered to you since the last Committee meeting.

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1.	Apologies and Substitutes
	To receive any apologies for absence and notification of substitutions.

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2.	Minutes	3 - 4
	To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 2 October 2024.

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a)	Minutes of the Standards Sub-Committee	5 - 6
	To note the minutes of the Standards Sub-Committee Hearing held on 17 October 2024.

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3.	Disclosures of Interest
	To receive any disclosures of interest from councillors in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct for members.

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4.	Amendments to the Constitution	7 - 76
	To consider making a recommendation to Council to approve the proposed changes to the Constitution.

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5.	Member Development Strategy 2025-2027	77 - 94
	To consider adoption of the Member Development Strategy 2025-2027, and reconstituting the Member Development Steering Group.

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6.	Consultation on Enabling Remote Attendance and Proxy Voting at Local Authority Meetings	95 - 112
	To consider a response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on their consultation on enabling remote attendance and proxy voting at Local Authority meetings.

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7.	General Update on Standards Matters	113 - 118
	To receive an update on general standards issues.

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