Conduct Committee

The Conduct Committee is responsible for the promotion and maintenance of high standards of conduct within the Council, including:  

·         Promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct by Members of the authority.

·         Assisting Members of the authority to observe the authority’s code of conduct.

·         Advising the authority on the adoption or revision of a Code of Conduct.

·         Monitoring the operation of the authority’s Code of Conduct for Members.

·         To assess, consider and determine complaints of breaches of the authority’s Code of Conduct, in accordance with the Council’s approved procedures.

·         Grants dispensations to Members from requirements relating to interests set out in the authority’s Code of Conduct.

·         Advises the Council on maintaining high standards of ethics and probity and to review all codes of conduct relating to ethic and probity affecting officers and Members.

·         Considers reports which may come from Government, the Ombudsman or other external sources relating to standards of conduct and to make recommendations to the Council.

·         Considers any Monitoring Officer reports relating to Members’ conduct and probity.

·         Carries out all of the functions above inclusive in relation to parish councils within the county and their Members.