Agenda item

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Legal and Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer which provided an update to Members on suggested recommendations following the Civility in Public Life Workshop delivered by the Local Government Association’s (LGA) and the Association of North East Councils (ANEC).

The report also informed Members of a recommendation following the Civility in Public Life webinar delivered by the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny (CfGS) (for copy of report, see file of minutes).

Resolved: (i) That the report be noted.

(ii) That the Director of Legal and Democratic Services reviews the data in relation to Member’s use of the Potentially Violent Persons Register and considers how to raise awareness of the Register amongst Members.

(iii) That the Director of Legal and Democratic Services circulate the resources recommended by the Civility in Public Life workshop to all Members.

(iv) That the Director of Legal and Democratic Services consult the Group Leaders in relation to the proposal that they attend Standards Committee on an annual basis to discuss the steps they are taking to ensure high standards of conduct amongst their groups.