Agenda and decisions

To elect a Chairman for the meeting.

To receive from Members declarations as to disclosable pecuniary and other interests in relation to any Agenda Item.

To note the Procedure for the hearing.

To resolve:-

  that the press and public be excluded from the meeting because the business to be transacted contains exempt information relating to individuals and information that is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.

To conduct a Hearing following an investigation into an allegation that a Member of Huntingdonshire District Council may have breached the Council’s Code of Conduct for Members.

A copy of the Investigating Officer’s Report is attached.

The Sub-Committee has found that there has been a breach of the Code of Conduct in relation to paragraph 3.7 pertaining to a social media post following a meeting of the Development Management Committee. The Sub-Committee considered a report from the Investigating Officer, in consultation with the Independent Person. Having given Councillor Maslen the opportunity to make any representations, the Sub-Committee considered it appropriate to determine that the recommendation be to write to the relevant Group Leader and recommend removal of Councillor Maslen from the Development Management Committee.