Decision details

Resolved:

(a)       That in accordance with paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the

Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the appendices to Agenda Items 11 and 13 on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information and for the reasons set out in the report that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

(b)       That in accordance with paragraph 5 of Part 1 to Schedule 12A to the

Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded during consideration of Appendices 1 & 2 to Agenda Item 12 on the grounds that they contain legally privileged information and if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information.  It is considered that the public interests in maintaining the content of the appendices as exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information as publication could prejudice legal proceedings.