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Appointments Committee - Friday, 19th December, 2025 9.30 am
December 19, 2025 View on council websiteSummary
The Lewisham Council Appointments Committee is scheduled to meet to elect a chair and vice chair, and to discuss the appointment of an Executive Director of Children and Young People. Members will also be asked to declare any personal interests they have in the items on the agenda.
Appointment of Executive Director of Children and Young People
The committee is scheduled to discuss the appointment of an Executive Director of Children and Young People. The agenda for the meeting indicates that the press and public may be excluded from this part of the meeting, as it involves the disclosure of exempt information. The Exclusion of the Press and Public report states that this exclusion is recommended under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 19721, because the discussion is likely to involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12(A) of the Act
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Election of Chair and Vice Chair
The first item on the agenda is the election of a Chair and Vice Chair for the committee. According to the Election of Chair report, the committee will consider the election of a Chair and Vice Chair for the municipal year 2025/26 or for the purposes of this meeting only.
Declarations of Interest
Councillors will be asked to declare any personal interests they have in any item on the agenda. The Declarations of Interest report outlines the different types of interests, including:
- Disclosable pecuniary interests
- Other registerable interests
- Non-registerable interests.
The report notes that if a member has a disclosable pecuniary interest2 in a matter, they must not participate in the discussion or vote on it, and must withdraw from the room. Failure to declare such an interest could result in prosecution and a fine of up to £5000.
Minutes
The committee will consider the minutes of the meeting held on 26 November 2025. According to the Minutes report, members will be asked to confirm and sign the minutes. The minutes of the previous meeting record that Councillor Will Cooper was appointed Chair for that meeting and that Modester Anucha was appointed Director of Housing Strategy.
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Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 allows a local authority to exclude the public from a meeting if it is likely that confidential or exempt information will be disclosed. ↩
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A disclosable pecuniary interest is defined by regulation and includes employment, trade, profession or vocation of a relevant person for profit or gain, sponsorship, undischarged contracts with the council, beneficial interests in land in the borough, and corporate tenancies. ↩
Attendees
Topics
No topics have been identified for this meeting yet.