Agenda item - Declarations of Interest

(a)       Disclosable pecuniary interests;

(b)       Any other interests required to be registered under the local code;

(c)       Any other general interest as a result of which a decision on the matter might reasonably be regarded as affecting you or a partner more than a majority of other people or businesses in the ward/s affected by the decision.

In each case, you need to declare

(i)        the item on the agenda the interest relates to;

(ii)       the nature of the interest; and

(iii)      whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest or some other interest.

If unsure, Members should seek advice from the committee lawyer or administrator preferably before the meeting.

83.1      Councillors Marsh, Cattell, Mitchell, Morgan, Hamilton, Daniel, Gilbey, Russell-Moyle, Greenbaum, Littman Mears and Peltzer Dunn each declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Item 97(a), Notice of Motion concerning pension protection for local government employees as they had been a member of the East Sussex Pension Scheme.  Each Member confirmed that they had applied for and been granted a dispensation to speak and vote on the matter by the Monitoring Officer.

83.2      Councillor Page declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Item 89(c), ‘Give Our Children a School Place in Catchment’ - Petition for debate as his grand-daughter was one of the 57 children without a preference place. He would therefore leave the chamber during the item and take no part in the debate or voting thereon.

83.3      No other declarations of interests in matters appearing on the agenda were made.