To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Standards Advisory Committee held on 21 September 2023.

RESOLVED That the minutes of the meeting held on 21 September 2023  be approved as a correct record of proceedings subject to adding the attendance of Faham Sinan-Katamba as an observer and noting apologies of absence from Elizabeth Marshall.

Further to minute 6.1, Janet Fasan, Director Legal and Monitoring Officer explained that work was underway to align Part D of the Constitution with the Code of Conduct for Members (in Part C) to clarify roles of the Monitoring Officer, Independent Persons and sub committees of the Advisory Committee with regards to complaints into breaches of the Code of Conduct.