Agenda item

3.1

Declarations of Interests in the Business Considered at the Meeting

3.1.1

Councillor Jack Clarkson declared a personal interest in Agenda Item 14 - Notice of Motion regarding Review of Student Accommodation, due to him being a member of the Council’s Planning and Highways Committee.

3.1.2

Councillor Joe Otten (a) declared a personal interest, as a Friend of Dore and Totley Station, in Agenda Items 5 and 7 – Notices of Motion regarding Securing Better Transport for Sheffield and the North, and The Electrification of Midland Mainline, respectively and (b) indicated that, due to him being a member of the Council’s Planning and Highways Committee, he would not participate in Agenda Item 14 - Notice of Motion regarding Review of Student Accommodation, in the interests of avoiding pre-determining his views on future applications for development of student accommodation.

3.1.3

Councillor Bryan Lodge declared personal interests in Agenda Items 5 and 7 – Notices of Motion regarding Securing Better Transport for Sheffield and the North, and The Electrification of Midland Mainline, respectively, due to him being an employee of Carillion and his wife being an employee of East Midlands Trains.

3.1.4

Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed declared a personal interest in Agenda Items 5 and 7 – Notices of Motion regarding Securing Better Transport for Sheffield and the North, and The Electrification of Midland Mainline, respectively, due to his son being an employee of Carillion.

3.1.5

Councillor Abdul Khayum declared a personal interest in Agenda Item 14 - Notice of Motion regarding Review of Student Accommodation, due to him being a private sector landlord.

3.1.6

During the debate on Agenda Item 6 - Notice of Motion regarding Tackling the Damage of Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals, reference was made to casinos and, as a result, (a) Councillor Tony Damms declared a personal interest due to him being an employee of A & S Leisure Group Ltd and (b) Councillor Paul Wood declared a personal interest due to his company being a supplier of services to Genting Casinos.

3.2

Councillor Steve Wilson – Declaration of Interest Made at the Council Meeting on 2^nd November 2016

3.2.1

The Lord Mayor (Councillor Anne Murphy) stated that she had been asked by Councillor Steve Wilson to clarify, on his behalf, due to his absence at this meeting, the declaration of interest that he made on two Notices of Motion considered by the Council at its meeting on 2^nd November 2016 in relation to Fracking. She reported that the minutes of that meeting indicate that Councillor Wilson had declared a disclosable pecuniary interest in those items of business on the grounds that he had undertaken work for a lobbying company, but that Councillor Wilson wishes to point out that his declaration was on the grounds that he had provided unpaid advice to a lobbying company, and has requested that the record of the declarations be amended accordingly.

3.2.2

The Council agreed that the record of Councillor Wilson’s declarations on 2^nd November 2016 be amended appropriately.