The Committee noted the annual report summarising complaints under the Members' Code of Conduct between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026, including an increase in the number of borough complaints and a decrease in the number of parish complaints compared with the previous year, and noted that the great majority of complaints had been resolved through informal resolution.
Members considered the report's inclusion of declarations of gifts and hospitality by Officers and Members, and requested that further detail on the nature of items declared with a value over £25 (the mandatory declaration threshold) be provided in future reports, in the interests of transparency. Officers agreed to consider this for future reports.