Committee details

The Governance, Ethics and Standards Committee is responsible for promoting and maintaining high standards of conduct by members and assisting members of the Council to observe our code of conduct.

More particularly they have the following specific functions:

Advising the Council on the adoption or revision of the code of conduct

Monitoring the operation of the code of conduct

Advising and training or arranging to train members of the Council on matters relating to the code of conduct

Assessing and reviewing complaints against members

Conducting hearings and making decisions on complaints

Safeguarding the Council’s constitution

The committee is made up of nine members – six Reform UK, one Liberal Democrat, one Conservative and one Green Party.