Apologies for absence were received on behalf of Councillors Addy, Amin, Crook, Dad, D Firth, D Hall, Homewood, Kendrick, Lees-Hamilton, Holmes, Munro, McGrath, McKerchar, McLoughlin, O’Donovan, Pattison, A Pinnock, K Pinnock, Scott, Sheard, Simpson, R Smith, Stephen, Turner and A Zaman.