Declaration of Interests
If a Councillor has any prejudicial or personal interest in a particular report he/she should declare the existence and nature of the interest at the commencement of the consideration of the item or as soon as it becomes apparent.
At meetings where members of the public are allowed to be in attendance and speak, any Councillor with a prejudicial interest may also make representations, give evidence or answer questions about the matter. The Councillor must then withdraw immediately from the meeting before the matter is discussed and any vote taken, unless a dispensation has been obtained from the Standards Committee.
Where members of the public are not allowed to be in attendance, then the Councillor with a prejudicial interest should withdraw from the meeting whilst the matter is under consideration, unless the disability has been removed by the Standards Committee.
Minutes:
Councillor Joe Carlbach declared a personal and prejudicial interest in respect of the item concerning the 3rd Sector Investment Fund Allocation by virtue of his position as a Trustee of one of the applicants for funding, the Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre. As a consequence he withdrew from the meeting during consideration of the matter.