GREEN GROUP amendment

whistleblowing update

To add recommendation 2.3 as shown below in bold italics:

2.3    That a further report be brought back to a subsequent Audit & Standards Committee this year to provide more detail on the exact cost of an external whistleblowing service to allow Committee to properly evaluate the relative benefits of an external service.

Proposed by: Cllr Hugh-Jones                    Seconded by: Cllr Littman

Recommendations if carried to read:

2.1       That the report be noted

2.2       That the proposed changes as set out in this report, including the revised whistleblowing policy, a dedicated whistleblowing e-mail address, publicity to the policy and a whistleblowing template/form be agreed

2.3       That a further report be brought back to a subsequent Audit & Standards Committee this year to provide more detail on the exact cost of an external whistleblowing service to allow Committee to properly evaluate the relative benefits of an external service.