Standards Committee Agenda

17 November 2006

Members of the Committee:

Independent Members:

Mr B Claxton (Chairman), Mrs S Dalby, Mr K Fagan, Mrs J Harding, Mr G Hibberd, Mr M Southwell, Mr D Watson

Representative of Town and Parish Councils:

Mr D Russell, Mr R Mew (1^st Deputy), Mr R Day (2^nd Deputy)

Isle of Wight Council Members :

Cllrs Mike Cunningham, Heather Humby

Deputies: Cllrs Muriel Miller (1^st Deputy), Erica Oulton (2^nd Deputy) (Are invited to attend but if there is a vote only the first two Isle of Wight Council members (or their deputies) can vote.)

NB. Any other member of the Council may attend the meeting and may speak with the permission of the Chairman provided that notification has been given to the Committee Services section before the commencement of the meeting, such notification to detail which items the member is attending for.

Meeting :	Standards Committee
Date :	Monday, 27 November 2006
Time :	6.00 pm
Place :	Committee Room 1, County Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight

AGENDA

1. MINUTES

To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting held on 11 October 2006.

2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

To invite Members to declare any interest they might have in the matters on the agenda.

3. REPORTS OF THE MONITORING OFFICER

(a) Partnering and Outside Bodies (Paper B)

(b) Consultation on the New Code of Conduct - Oral Update

4. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE, POLICY AND PARTNERSHIPS AND DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE

The Isle of Wight Council’s Whistleblowing Policy (Paper C)

5. REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Feedback Report from Fifth Annual Assembly of Standards Committees held in Birmingham on 16 - 17 October 2006 (Paper D)

6. WORKPLAN

Meeting	*Agenda Item*
Monday, 29 January 2007	· Draft Annual Report (framework and relationship with Statement of Internal Control) to include the Committees Terms of Reference.
Monday, 19 March 2007	· Update on Partnering, Contracting and the Ethical Agenda.
Standing items	· Report on Standards Board activity including guidance; statistics; analysis; case reports.
Other meetings as necessary	· Allegations referred by the Standards Board for England and Wales for local determination. · Requests for dispensations. · Urgent ethical and probity issues as they arise.

JOHN LAWSON

Deputy Chief Executive

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& DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE

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