Issue - meetings
Exclusion of Press and Public
Meeting: 21/06/2023 - Executive (Item 52)
Exclusion of Press and Public
If the Executive wishes to exclude the press and public from the meeting, during consideration of any of the items on the exempt from publication part of the agenda, it will be necessary for the Executive to pass a resolution in accordance with the provisions of the Paragraph 4(2)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 on the grounds that their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in specific paragraphs of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.
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Minutes:
Councillor Duncan Enright, Deputy Leader of the Council and Executive Member for Economic Development, proposed that Executive agree to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the remaining exempt items of business, on the basis that public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information. This was seconded by Councillor Andy Graham, was put to a vote and was unanimously agreed by the Executive.
Executive Resolved to:
1. Exclude the press and public from the meeting on the grounds that their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.