The Head of Law and Governance submitted a report to the Standards Committee on 2 March 2022 recommending the adoption of a new Members’ Code of Conduct. The recommendation in the report was approved by the Standards Committee.

The Chair of the Standards Committee Cllr Pressel will present the report and propose the Standards Committee’s recommendation.

Recommendation: That Council resolves to adopt revised Councillors’ Code of Conduct for implementation from May 2022

Cllr Malik re-joined the meeting.

Council considered a report from the Head of Law and Governance, recommended by the Standards Committee to adopt a new Members’ Code of Conduct.

Cllr Pressel, Chair of the Standards Committee presented the report, and proposed the recommendation.

The recommendations were agreed on being seconded by Cllr Tidball and put to the vote.

Council resolved to:

Adopt the revised Councillors’ Code of Conduct for implementation from May 2022.

The Head of Law and Governance has submitted a report proposing the adoption of a new Councillors’ Code of Conduct. The proposed Code will be common to all of the local authorities in Oxfordshire and is based on the Local Government Association’s Model Councillor Code of Conduct.

Recommendation: That the Standards Committee resolves to:

1.  Recommend to Council to adopt the revised Councillors’ Code of Conduct for implementation from May 2022.

The Standards Committee noted the report from the Head of Law and Governance proposing the adoption of a new Councillors’ Code of Conduct and resolved to recommend that this be adopted by Full Council.