To receive Mayor’s Announcements.

The Mayor announced that Councillor Ashley Pearce’s wife, Karen, had recently given birth to twins, Claudia and Miles.  The Council extended its good wishes to the new-born babies and their parents.

Councillor Hopper, at the invitation of the Mayor, made a personal statement at the meeting, which would be his last full Council, as he would be standing down as a Councillor due to his move away from Reading.  The Mayor and other Councillors paid tribute to Councillor Hopper for his contribution to the Council and wished him well in his future endeavours.