Council

The full Council met on 17 March 2022. Its main business was whether to grant the Freedom of the City and County of Cardiff to HMS Cambria, the Royal Navy's home in Wales. The Council agreed to do so and delegated the arrangements for the ceremony to the Chief Executive.

Some sentences of this summary are missing in English, because an older automatic check removed them from the English only. The Welsh version has them.

1. Freedom of the City for HMS Cambria

   Decided

   The Council agreed to admit HMS Cambria as Honorary Freemen of the City and County of Cardiff. It also gave the Chief Executive delegated authority to arrange the ceremony, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Lord Mayor.

   Why

   Freedom of the City is an honorary title a council can give under Section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972, a law that allows councils to confer honorary freedom on people or bodies.

   Based on the minutes

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1. 1

   Apologies for Absence

   Minute

   Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Morgan, Stubbs, Bowen-Thomson, Phillipa Hill-John, Melbourne and Howells

2. 2

   Declarations of Interest

   Minute

   No declarations of interest were receive in accordance with the Members Code of Conduct.

3. 3

   Freedom of the City of Cardiff

   Decision as recorded

   RESOLVED: The Council considered and agreed to: 1. The admission as Honorary Freemen of the City and County of Cardiff of HMS Cambria under Section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972 in recognition of its long and distinguished history as the Royal Navy’s home in Wales and its pivotal role in training and deploying Royal Naval Reservists to support the Royal Navy at sea and ashore, at home and abroad. That the Chief Executive be granted delegated authority to make suitable arrangements for the Freedom of the City to be ceremonially granted to HMS Cambria, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Lord Mayor.

   Minute

   The Council was requested to consider granting the Freedom of the City and County of Cardiff to HMS Cambria in recognition of its long and distinguished history as the Royal Navy’s home in Wales, and the pivotal role played in training and deploying Royal Naval Reservists to support the Royal Navy at sea and ashore, both at home and abroad. RESOLVED: The Council considered and agreed to: 1. The admission as Honorary Freemen of the City and County of Cardiff of HMS Cambria under Section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972 in recognition of its long and distinguished history as the Royal Navy’s home in Wales and its pivotal role in training and deploying Royal Naval Reservists to support the Royal Navy at sea and ashore, at home and abroad. That the Chief Executive be granted delegated authority to make suitable arrangements for the Freedom of the City to be ceremonially granted to HMS Cambria, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Lord Mayor.

   Papers: Freedom of the City Report

Councillors must say when they have a personal link to something being discussed, such as a job, a property or a family member. A prejudicial interest is one strong enough that the councillor usually leaves the room and takes no part.

The minutes record no declarations of interest.

• Adrian Robson, Committee MemberConservativePresent
• Ali Ahmed, Committee MemberLabourPresent
• Andrea Gibson, Committee MemberPlaid Cymru, Green Party, Common Ground / Plaid Cymru, Plaid Werdd, Tir CyffredinAbsent
• Ash Lister, Committee MemberLabourPresent
• Ashley Wood, Committee MemberLiberal DemocratPresent
• Bablin Molik, Committee MemberLiberal DemocratPresent
• Bernie Bowen-Thomson, Committee MemberLabourSent apologies
• Bob Derbyshire, Committee MemberLabourPresent