Agenda and minutes

Review Sub-Committee - Thursday 30 April 2009 3.30 pm

Venue: Committee Room 6, Harrow Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2XY. View directions

Contact: Claire Vincent, Senior Professional - Democratic Services Tel: 020 8424 1637 E-mail claire.vincent@harrow.gov.uk

Note: Pursuant to Regulation 8 of The Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008, and the Standards Board for England's guidance, 'Local Assessment of Complaints', this meeting will be held in private, with attendance restricted to the members of the Sub-Committee and the officers advising the Sub-Committee only. NB: The start time for the meeting is 3.30 pm or at the rising of the Assessment Sub-Committee, whichever is the later.

Items
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	[Note: Pursuant to Regulation 8 of The Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 and the Standards Board for England’s guidance, ‘Local Assessment of Complaints’, this meeting was held in private, with attendance restricted to the members of the Sub-Committee and those officers advising the Sub-Committee only].
	PART I - RECOMMENDATIONS - NIL
	PART II - MINUTES
1.	Appointment of Chairman To note that the Independent Member, Mr Mohammad Rizvi, will serve as Chairman of the Sub-Committee for this meeting. Minutes: RESOLVED: To note that the Independent Member, Mr M Rizvi, would serve as the Chairman of the Sub-Committee for this meeting.
2.	Declarations of Interest To receive declarations of personal or prejudicial interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from: (a) all Members of the Committee, Sub Committee, Panel or Forum; (b) all other Members present in any part of the room or chamber. Minutes: RESOLVED: To note that there were no declarations of interests made by Members in relation to the business to be transacted at this meeting.
3.	Minutes PDF 15 KB That the minutes of the meeting held on 29 January 2009 be taken as read and signed as a correct record. Minutes: RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 29 January 2009 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.
4.	Review Sub-Committee - Terms of Reference PDF 70 KB View item 4. as DOC 244 KB Report of the Director of Legal and Governance Services. Additional documents: ReviewSubCommitteeTermsofReferenceAppxA , item 4. PDF 13 KB View as DOC (4./2) 26 KB ReviewSubCommitteeTermsofReferenceAppxB , item 4. PDF 26 KB View as DOC (4./3) 42 KB ReviewSubCommitteeTermsofReferenceAppxC , item 4. PDF 47 KB View as DOC (4./4) 78 KB Minutes: RESOLVED: That the Terms of Reference of the Sub-Committee be noted.
5.	Complaint - Breach of Code of Conduct To review any previous decisions of the Assessment Sub-Committee which have been subject to a request for a review. The report of the Monitoring Officer and all relevant information will be circulated at the meeting. Minutes: Further to the Assessment Sub-Committee having considered a complaint that a Member of the Authority had failed or may have failed to comply with the Authority’s Code of Conduct, and having determined the complaint as requiring no further action, the decision of the Assessment Sub-Committee had now been the subject of a request for review. The Review Sub-Committee considered a report of the Director of Legal and Governance Services which set out the documentation considered by the Assessment Sub-Committee, the notice detailing the decision of the Assessment Sub-Committee, the request for the review, and independent advice obtained in relation to the review request. The Sub-Committee having fully considered and discussed the report, with each Member setting out their individual thoughts on its contents, it was RESOLVED: That no further action be taken in respect of the complaint.