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.

26.1      The following councillors declared a personal but not prejudicial interest in Item 42(f) Notice of Motion concerning Fair Pay for Public Sector Staff:

(i)           Councillor Atkinson as he was a nurse and worked for a NHS Trust;

(ii)          Councillor Barford as she was a member of the GMB;

(iii)         Councillor Bewick

(iv)         Councillor Cattell as her partner worked for Adur & Worthing Councils;

(v)          Councillor Chapman as a member of Unite, the GMB and as he worked for the National Association of Headteachers;

(vi)         Councillor Daniel as she was a member of the GMB;

(vii)       Councillor Gilbey as she was a member of the GMB;

(viii)      Councillor Horan as she worked for a charity that worked with the NHS;

(ix)         Councillor Littman as he worked for the Open University;

(x)          Councillor Mac Cafferty as he was a public sector employee;

(xi)         Councillor Meadows as she was a member of the GMB;

(xii)       Councillor Mitchell as she was a member of the GMB and worked in the NHS;

(xiii)      Councillor Morgan as a member of the Community union and a former public sector employee (Sussex Police, 2000-2004) but otherwise received no union funding or public sector salary beyond what he received in allowances from the council in his role as Leader;

(xiv)      Councillor O’Quinn as she was a member of a teachers’ trade union;

(xv)       Councillor Penn as a member of the GMB;

(xvi)      Councillor Russell-Moyle as he was a member of the GMB, Unison group of MPs and the Fire Brigade Union;

(xvii)     Councillor Sykes as he worked for the Environment Agency;

(xviii)   Councillor Taylor in his capacity of working in the House of Commons for the MP for Gosport and holding a contract for the clerical bank of a hospital;

(xix)      Councillor West

(xx)       Councillor Yates as he was a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and a public sector worker.

26.2      The following councillors declared a personal but not prejudicial interest in Item 42(g) Notice of Motion concerning Affordable Housing and Rough Sleepers:

(i)           Councillor Bennett as she was a landlord;

(ii)          Councillor Brown as she was a landlord;

(iii)         Councillor Cattell as she was a landlord;

(iv)         Councillor Druitt as he was a landlord;

(v)          Councillor Gibson as he was a part owner of a property on a long-term lease to the council;

(vi)         Councillor Gilbey as she was a landlord;

(vii)       Councillor Hill as she had a lodger;

(viii)      Councillor Nemeth as he was a landlord;

(ix)         Councillor Peltzer Dunn as he was a landlord;

(x)          Councillor Phillips as she was a landlord;

(xi)         Councillor Russell-Moyle as he was a landlord.

26.3      Councillor Hill declared a personal and non-prejudicial interest in Item 32(b), petition for debate on Hertford Infant School, as she was a school governor;

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