Agenda item

8.1

Gillian Duckworth presented the report which provided the Committee with the best practice recommendations arising from the Ethical Standards Workshop held with Committee Members on 26^th September 2019 which considered the report by the Committee on Standards in Public Life, dated January 2019.

8.2

The actions were detailed in the report and included changes to the Members Code of Conduct and the Standards Complaints Procedure.

Once the changes had been made, they would be brought to the Committee for approval, before being presented to Full Council.

8.3

Councillor Angela Argenzio raised the issue of accessibility of the Council’s website for those with learning difficulties and visual impairment and Gillian Duckworth explained that the Digital Acceleration Programme would be complete by March 2020 and would include such accessibility issues.  However, information could be brought back to Committee on how accessibility would be achieved.

8.4

RESOLVED: That, the outcomes of the workshop be accepted and the amended policies/codes be brought to the meeting of the Committee in January for approval and forwarding to Full Council for adoption.