Agenda item

10.1

The Director of Legal and Governance (a) submitted a report providing details of an outline work programme for the Committee to July 2017 and (b) suggested that (i) the Standards Committee Annual Report, scheduled for the meeting in November 2016, be rescheduled for the meeting in January 2017, to link with the other Standards-related items already scheduled for that meeting and (ii) in view of the current level of complaints activity, the frequency for receiving update reports on Standards Complaints be reduced to twice per year, in January and July each year.

10.2

With reference to the report on the implications for Sheffield of the vote to leave the European Union, which was provisionally scheduled for the November meeting, Alison Ormston (KPMG) commented that KPMG had produced several podcasts on the implications of “Brexit” and she would be happy to provide access to the podcasts for any interested Member or officer.

10.3

RESOLVED: That the information now reported be noted, and the work programme now submitted be approved with the changes now suggested relating to the scheduling of the Standards Committee Annual Report and Standards Complaints Updates.