Exclusion of the Press and Public
The Committee is asked to consider in respect of the following item(s) whether the public, including the press, should be excluded from the meeting on the grounds of exemption under Parts I to 7 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as indicated against the item and because, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption of that information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The reports dealt with under this part of the agenda are attached for members of the Corporate Governance & Audit Committee and senior officers only (salmon paper).
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Minutes:
In order to consider the Part II confidential exempt matter listed as agenda item 15
Mrs Tull read out the resolution set out below, which was duly proposed and seconded. On a vote by a show of hands the committee approved unanimously the following resolution.
RESOLVED
That in accordance with section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (the Act) the public and the press be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of agenda item 15 (Potential liabilities of the Council) for the reason that it is likely in view of the nature of the business to be transacted that there would be disclosure to the public of ‘exempt information’ being information of the nature described in the following paragraphs in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act as follows:
5 (Information in respect of which a claim or legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings)