The Minutes of the meeting held on 21 January 2025 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

Further to Minute 24 (2) of the previous meeting and the recommendations of the Audit Report regarding employee gifts, hospitality and declarations of interest, it was reported that the Assistant Director for Legal and Democratic Services would be considering applying a more rigorous approach to registering declarations of interests and gifts & hospitality, and whether the process should include monitoring by the Audit & Governance Committee to ensure records were complete, and would bring a report back to a future meeting.

Resolved:      

That it be noted that the Assistant Director for Legal and Democratic Services would be considering applying a more rigorous approach to registering declarations of interests and gifts & hospitality, and whether the process should include monitoring by the Audit & Governance Committee to ensure records were complete, and would bring a report back to a future meeting.