To receive any petitions from the public and any questions from the public and Councillors.

A questions on the following matter was submitted by a Councillor:

(The full text of the question and response was made available on the Reading Borough Council website).

This report sets out the arrangements to be made in accordance with Section 78 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 and ‘the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations, as a result of the recommendation to cancel the Annual Council Meeting, which had been due to take place on 2 June 2020.

The Assistant Director of Legal & Democratic Services submitted a report recommending that the Annual Council Meeting due to be held on 2 June 2020 was cancelled and setting out the alternative arrangements for making various appointments for the forthcoming year in the absence of the Annual Meeting.  The report  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.