Issue - meetings

The Lead Lawyer: Property & Commercial presented the report which updated Members on the Governments response to the Ethical Standards Review which had been undertaken by the Committee on Standards in Public Life and how this may affect Telford & Wrekin Council following any recommendations that were implemented. 

The Lead Lawyer set out that despite Government recognising and agreeing with the main thrust behind the proposals in the report, they were not planning on introducing legislation to implement the reforms. Examples of policy recommendations which had been put forward in the Governments response to the review were:

• Candidates standing for public office were not required publicly to disclose their home address; and
• Councillors should be presumed to be acting in an official capacity in their public life, including statements on publicly accessible social media.

Upon being put to the vote it was:

RESOLVED – that the Governments response to the Ethical Standards Review conducted by the Committee on Standards in Public Life be noted.