Issue - meetings

(a)       That the draft Terms of Reference, including representation, be agreed. and

(b)       That the proposed arrangements to support the National Forum be

approved.

The Monitoring Officer presented the report on the draft Terms of Reference for the National Forum.  He provided background information and referred to the Penn Report on the Review of the Ethical Regime in Wales (“the Penn Report”) and advised that all authorities in Wales had agreed to create a National Forum to share practice. The Terms of Reference for the forum had been prepared by the Monitoring Officers Group of Lawyers in Local Government (“LLG”) for agreement.  The draft Terms of Reference were attached as Appendix 1 to the report and included proposals on how the work of the Forum would be supported.

The recommendation was moved by David Davies and seconded by Mark Morgan.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the draft Terms of Reference, including representation, be agreed. and

(b)       That the proposed arrangements to support the National Forum be

approved.