Agenda item - Member Involvement

To consider the following matters raised by councillors:

(a)          Petitions: to receive any petitions submitted to the full Council or at the meeting itself;

(b)         Written Questions: to consider any written questions;

(c)          Letters: to consider any letters;

(d)         Notices of Motion: to consider any Notices of Motion referred from Council or submitted directly to the Committee.

(i)            Women in Government and Politics

(D)      NOTICES OF MOTION

(i)            Women in Government and Politics

5.1         The Committee considered a Notice of Motion referred from the Full Council meeting of 24 July 2018 requesting the committee consider adding sexual harassment and Sex Discrimination policies to the Code of Conduct.

5.2         The Chair provided the following response:

“I understand from officers that work is already underway to consider the request made in the Notice of Motion and that a report with a proposed update to the Code of Conduct will be received to a future meeting of this committee”.

5.3         The Executive Lead Officer, Strategy, Governance & Law stated that the Notice of Motion covered a wide-range of issues therefore, it was intended to submit one composite report to the Policy, Resources & Growth Committee with the actions relating to the Code of Conduct submitted to the Audit & Standards Committee subsequent to that.

5.4         RESOLVED- That the Committee receive a report.