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RESOLVED to exclude the public for the following item of business on the grounds that there would be disclosure to them of exempt information under category 8 of The Council’s Access to Information Rules.
Resolved that following application of the public interest test, i) that some documentation were not for publication as they contain exempt information as defined in paragraphs 12 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) and that due to this factor, the public interest in maintaining the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information at this stage. ii) that notwithstanding that the hearing should take place in public unless there was good reason to exclude the public (para 18.4.10.1 Hearings Procedure) and/or valid reasons for not doing so to promote public confidence in public life (para 1.24 PSOW Guidance),having taken into account of representations by the Member, and the Ombudsman’ representative, the remainder of the hearing (save for decisions) should take place in private session, in order to maintain the confidentiality of the sensitive information, without which there was a risk of sensitive information being disclosed that the hearing on 17 September 2025 should be held in private due to the confidential nature of information regarding witnesses and their personal data. and that two written statements should be taken as character witness statements and be considered at Stage 3 of the hearing if required.
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Decision as recorded
RESOLVED to exclude the public for the following item of business on the grounds that there would be disclosure to them of exempt information under category 8 of The Council’s Access to Information Rules.
RESOLVED to exclude the public for the following item of business on the grounds that there would be disclosure to them of exempt information under category 8 of The Council’s Access to Information Rules.
Decision as recorded
Resolved that following application of the public interest test, i) that some documentation were not for publication as they contain exempt information as defined in paragraphs 12 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) and that due to this factor, the public interest in maintaining the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information at this stage. ii) that notwithstanding that the hearing should take place in public unless there was good reason to exclude the public (para 18.4.10.1 Hearings Procedure) and/or valid reasons for not doing so to promote public confidence in public life (para 1.24 PSOW Guidance),having taken into account of representations by the Member, and the Ombudsman’ representative, the remainder of the hearing (save for decisions) should take place in private session, in order to maintain the confidentiality of the sensitive information, without which there was a risk of sensitive information being disclosed that the hearing on 17 September 2025 should be held in private due to the confidential nature of information regarding witnesses and their personal data. and that two written statements should be taken as character witness statements and be considered at Stage 3 of the hearing if required.
The Standards Community Sub-Committee considered the Deputy Monitoring Officer’s report. The Sub-Committee considered whether the hearing on 17 September 2025 should be held in public or in private (18.4.10.1). It considered the representations made by Councillor Pritchard in writing and verbally at the meetings and the letter received from the Ombudsman in connection with this issue. The Sub-Committee considered whether the statements provided by Councillor Pritchard (on the 9th and 12th of September 2025) are admissible, both in connection with their relevance to the facts and/or character. The Sub-Committee noted Councillor Pritchard’s written and verbal representations and the letter received from the Ombudsman in connection with this issue. It was moved and duly seconded that the meeting on 17 September 2025 should be held in private and that two written statements should be taken as character witness statements and be considered at Stage 3 of the hearing if required. Resolved that following application of the public interest test, i) that some documentation were not for publication as they contain exempt information as defined in paragraphs 12 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) and that due to this factor, the public interest in maintaining the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information at this stage. ii) that notwithstanding that the hearing should take place in public unless there was good reason to exclude the public (para 18.4.10.1 Hearings Procedure) and/or valid reasons for not doing so to promote public confidence in public life (para 1.24 PSOW Guidance),having taken into account of representations by the Member, and the Ombudsman’ representative, the remainder of the hearing (save for decisions) should take place in private session, in order to maintain the confidentiality of the sensitive information, without which there was a risk of sensitive information being disclosed that the hearing on 17 September 2025 should be held in private due to the confidential nature of information regarding witnesses and their personal data. and that two written statements should be taken as character witness statements and be considered at Stage 3 of the hearing if required.
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