Agenda

Moved from 07/10/2025, Standards Committee - Wednesday, 29 October 2025 5:30 pm

Venue: Meeting Room 1.14, First Floor, City Hall, 115 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FZ

Contact: Kamal Adatia, Monitoring Officer  Jessica Skidmore, Governance Services Officer, email:  jessica.skidmore@leicester.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Declarations of Interest

Members will be asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed.

3.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 97 KB

The minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee, held on 25th February 2025 have been circulated and Members are asked to confirm that they are a correct record.

4.

Any Other Urgent Business

The Chair of the Standards Committee has agreed to hear the following items under Any Other Urgent Business to allow for the addition of a report on the outcome of the Standards Hearings Sub-Committee, which had taken place on 21st October 2025:

 

·       Recruitment of Independent Members and Independent Persons to the Standards Committee

·       Biennial Analysis of Member Complaints Report of Standards Committee July 2023 - June 2025

·       Complaints Against Councillors - October 2025 Update

·       Standards Hearing Panel Recommendations - Complaint 15/2024

 

5.

Recruitment of Independent Members and Independent Persons to the Standards Committee

The Monitoring Officer to provide a verbal update on the process of recruiting Independent Members and Independent Persons to the Standards Committee.

6.

Biennial Analysis of Member Complaints Report of Standards Committee July 2023 - June 2025 pdf icon PDF 98 KB

The Monitoring Officer submits the biennial report detailing an overview and analysis of the registered Elected Member complaints for the period 1st July 2023 to 30th June 2025.

 

Members of the Public are to note that the Committee reserves the right to move into private session at any time, if required, should further information be requested or discussed that is in breach of paragraphs 1, 2 and 7c of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985. Further information can be found under Item 7, Private Session of this agenda.

 

Additional documents:

7.

Standards Hearing Panel Recommendations - Complaint 15/2024

The Monitoring Officer submits a report detailing the Hearing Panel recommendations following the Standards Hearing Sub-Committee meeting held on 21st October 2025. The Committee is recommended to consider the findings and the outcomes of the Hearing Panel, and to endorse the Panel’s recommendations, with or without modification.

Additional documents:

8.

Complaints Against Councillors - October 2025 Update pdf icon PDF 73 KB

The Monitoring Officer submits a report giving feedback on complaints against Councillors reviewed and/or determined since the last meeting and updating the Committee on progress with outstanding complaints against Councillors. The Committee is recommended to receive and note the report.

 

Members of the Public are to note that the Committee reserves the right to move into private session at any time, if required, should further information be requested or discussed that is in breach of paragraphs 1, 2 and 7c of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985. Further information can be found under Item 7, Private Session of this agenda.

9.

Private Session

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO NOTE

 

Under the law, the Committee is entitled to consider certain items in private.  Members of the public will be asked to leave the meeting when such items are discussed.

 

The Committee is recommended to consider the following reports in private on the grounds that they contain ‘exempt’ information as defined by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, as amended and consequently that the Cabinet makes the following resolution:-

 

“that the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following reports in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, because they involve the likely disclosure of 'exempt' information, as defined in the Paragraphs detailed below of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act and taking all the circumstances into account, it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the information as exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

Paragraph 1

Information relating to any individual.

 

Paragraph 2

Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.

 

Paragraph 7c

The deliberations of a standards committee or of a sub-committee of a standards committee established under the provisions of Part 3 of the Local Government Act 2000 in reaching any finding on a matter referred under the provisions of section 60(2) or (3), 64(2), 70(4) or (5) or 71(2) of that Act.