Issue - meetings

To receive a verbal report on the Ombudsman’s Case Book (link below).

https://www.ombudsman.wales/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Code-of-Conduct-Casebook-Eng-Issue-17-July-2018.pdf

The Deputy Monitoring Officer provided an overview of the outcomes from complaints investigated by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales (PSOW) as shown in the most recent edition of the Ombudsman’s Casebook.  A link to the Casebook had been included on the agenda for information.  Of the three summarised cases, one involved no evidence of a breach and no action was deemed necessary on the other two cases.

On the case where a member with a personal and prejudicial interest had spoken at a meeting, Julia Hughes said that even though the Chair had given permission, it was the responsibility of individual members to know that they should not speak.  The Deputy Monitoring Officer agreed and explained that the mitigating circumstances involved in this particular case meant that no further action was needed.