Councillors Abbasi, Altaf-Khan and Mailk returned to the meeting.

Council considered a report from the Acting Head of Law and Governance (submitted on behalf of the Leader of the Council) asking Council to authorise the Monitoring Officer to extend the terms of office of the council’s independent persons for code of conduct matters for a further two years.                                                                          

Council resolved to authorise the Monitoring Officer to extend the terms of office of the Council’s four Independent Persons for code of conduct matters for a further two years.