Report of the Director of Law and Governnace (Monitoring Officer)

The subject of the decision:

In accordance with the findings in the recent publication by the Committee on Standards in Public Life entitled ‘Local Government Ethical Standards – A Review by the Committee on Standards in Public Life’, this report sets out the Monitoring Officer’s Annual Report on matters relating to ethical governance, including details of any complaint handling activity in relation to allegations of breaches of a code of conduct.

Alternative options considered:

None.

The reason for the decision:

The Committee is required to be presented with an annual report on code of conduct complaints.

The decision:

That the report of the Monitoring Officer be noted.