Agenda item - Procedural Business

(a)   Declaration of Substitutes - Where Councillors are unable to attend a meeting, a substitute Member from the same Political Group may attend, speak and vote in their place for that meeting.

(b)   Declarations of Interest by all Members present of any personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

(c)   Exclusion of Press and Public - To consider whether, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, or the nature of the proceedings, the press and public should be excluded from the meeting when any of the following items are under consideration.

NOTE:  Any item appearing in Part 2 of the Agenda states in its heading either that it is confidential or the category under which the information disclosed in the report is exempt from disclosure and therefore not available to the public.

A list and description of the categories of exempt information is available for public inspection at Brighton and Hove Town Halls.

            CONDUCT OF PUBLIC MEETING

            Before proceeding to the formal business of that afternoon’s meeting the Chairman reminded those present that although it was a public meeting, this Committee was not webcast and that any tape recording, photographing, use of mobile telephones or any other apparatus to record the meeting was prohibited and that mobile phones should be switched off for the duration of the meeting.

10a.    Declaration of Substitutes

10.1    Councillor Allen was in attendance in substitution for Councillor Marsh, Councillor Davey was in attendance in substitution for Councillor Kitcat, Councillor Wakefield-Jarrett was in attendance in substitution for Councillor Phillips and Councillor Janio was in attendance in substitution for Councillor Simson.

10b.    Declarations of Interest

10.2         There were none

10c.    Exclusion of Press and Public

10.3    In accordance with Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (“The Act”) the Committee considered whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any item of business on the grounds that it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press or public were present during that item, there would be disclosure to them of confidential information (as defined in Section !00A(3) of the Act) or exempt information (as defined in Section 100(1) of the Act).

10.4    RESOLVED – That the press and public be not excluded.