Decision

During the Committee’s debate on item 2 of
the agenda (Preferred Supplier of leisure services at the rainbow
leisure centre), the Committee considered that due to the
sensitivity of the information contained within Appendix 1 to the
report, an exclusion of the Press and Public would be necessary
in order to enable effective debate on
the matter in question.
The Chair proposed a motion that the Press and
Public be excluded from the meeting in accordance with Section 100A
(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the
business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as
defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act (as
amended) and that pursuant to paragraph 10 of Part 2 of the said
Schedule 12A the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.
The Committee unanimously agreed the motion as
set out by the Chair.