Prior to consideration of the item in Minute 35 the press and public were formally excluded from the meeting on the grounds that the item involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

To consider the submitted exempt report on the above.

The Committee considered the submitted exempt report from the Monitoring Officer.

The decision of the Committee is restricted due to exempt information contained within the decision.