The Minutes of the meeting held on 15 October 2025 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

Further to Minute 14 of the previous meeting, Questions from members of the public and Councillors, Councillor Eden read out the following factual statement:

“I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and apologise on behalf of the Council for an inaccuracy in the response to a question asked at the last ACE Committee meeting in October.  As Committee members will be aware the Council has since issued a supplementary response on the website, but I would like to address this here too and make sure everyone was aware for full transparency.  Although there was no deliberate sharing of misinformation, officers have asked me to share their apologies to the Committee and I also add my own apology.  An investigation into an associated complaint included a recommendation that officers take more time to prepare and check answers to questions asked at Committee.  Officers accepted this recommendation and will apply it to answers presented at future Committees.”