Issue - meetings

To consider the revised Member Officer Protocol and to make a recommendation to the Standards Committee to approve.

Standards Committee to make a recommendation to Council to approve the revised Member Officer protocol.

The Sub-Committee considered the report that outlined the suggested amendments to the Member Office Protocol, for adoption into the Constitution.

The following amendments were requested and agreed by the Sub-Committee:

2.12 – The words ‘in particular when this takes place in public’ to be deleted

2.17 – Add the Monitoring Officer as an escalation option

3.3 – The word ‘spokesmen’ to be amended to ‘spokesperson’

3.6 – Additional wording be added to reflect that this would run in parallel with the Members Code of Conduct

4.9 – The word ‘issue’ to be amended to ‘casework’ and the word ‘speak’ to be amended to ‘contact’

8.3 – reference to private printing be added alongside photocopying

Further amendments were suggested but the Sub-Committee were advised that they would be included within other protocols.

The Sub-Committee RESOLVED:

1.    That the Constitution Sub-Committee recommends that the Standards Committee:

2.    Recommend to the Council that the revised Member Officer Protocol is agreed and that the Monitoring Officer be delegated to amend the Constitution accordingly.