Hampshire County Council Hampshire Pension Fund Panel and Board Meeting

Apologies were received from Councillors Alex Crawford and Dominic Hiscock and Mr Simon Walker. The Chairman welcomed Mr Paul Barber, who was in attendance as the substitute scheme member representative.

Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter considered at the meeting they must declare that interest at the time of the relevant debate and, having regard to the circumstances described in Part 3, Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council's Members' Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code. Furthermore Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Personal Interest in a matter being considered at the meeting they considered whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 5 of the Code, considered whether it was appropriate to leave the meeting whilst the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code.

No declarations were made.

The minutes of the previous meeting, held on 13 December 2024, were confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chairman.

No deputations were received by the Panel and Board on this occasion.

The Chairman informed Members that, accompanied by Councillor Andrew Joy, he had recently visited the site of a new ACCESS housing development in Alton. The Chairman observed that he had found the visit very informative.

RESOLVED:

The Panel and Board agreed that the public be excluded from the meeting during the following items of business, as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during these items there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraphs 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, and further that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons set out in the reports.