The Appointments Sub Committee met to consider whether part of their meeting should be held in private, and if so, whether anyone who submitted representations about this should be allowed to speak. Councillors were also asked to approve a proposal that would allow them to exclude members of the public and the press from part of the meeting.

Interviews for the Director Legal Democratic & Electoral Services and Monitoring Officer

The most significant item on the agenda for the Appointments Sub Committee was whether to exclude the public and the press from the part of the meeting that was scheduled to involve interviews for the Director Legal Democratic & Electoral Services and Monitoring Officer.

Councillors were asked to consider a report about the interviews from the Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development. The report itself was not made public.

The agenda stated that the committee intended to use powers granted under paragraph 1 of Part 1 of schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 ¹ to exclude the press and the public from this part of the meeting. They argued that this was necessary because the discussion was likely to lead to the disclosure of exempt or confidential information.