Issue - meetings

This report updates the Standards Committee on the current position of Member learning and development following the completion of the Member Induction Programme.

[10 Minutes]

          Upon the invitation of the Chair, the Monitoring Officer introduced the report, explaining that the training matrix at Appendix A, had been updated to reflect that Councillors Goodheart and Haywood were now trained to sit on the Standards Committee. He reminded Members that there had been a change to political groupings confirmed at Full Council on 10 January 2024, which was the formation of a new group, the Arun Independent Group. This had meant a change to the allocations of Committees and Councillor Goodheart had therefore taken up a position on the Standards Committee.

          The Monitoring Officer followed up on a request made by Councillor Turner at a previous meeting, and he confirmed that an email would be sent to Members later in the month regarding training on data protection. Councillor Turner thanked the Monitoring Officer for this.

          The Chair then invited questions. One Member drew attention to paragraph 4.3 of the report regarding potential future one-off and/or regular trainingopportunities for Members. She felt refresher training would be beneficial. The Monitoring Officer agreed that refresher training was important and explained the Committee had a role in continuing to identify the need and areas in which Members would benefit from additional training.

          Having provided the Monitoring Officer with observations regarding future learning and development opportunities for Members, the Committee noted the report.