The Pension Fund Committee decided to approve the exclusion of the public from certain items of business on 16 September 2026. This decision was made on the grounds that these items likely involved the disclosure of exempt information under Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. The committee considered that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosure for information relating to individuals, financial or business affairs, labour relations, legal privilege, proposed statutory actions, and crime prevention.