Declarations of interest

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Committee: Select a committee All Adopt Thames Valley Regional Adoption Agency Governance Boar Adoption Panel Audit Committee Berkshire Local Transport Body Berry Brook Homes Limited Borough Parish Conference Borough Parish Liaison Forum Building Control Board Business Skills and Enterprise Partnership Children's Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee Climate Emergency Working Group Commons Registration Committee Community and Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee Community Partnerships Overview and Scrutiny Committee Community Safety Partnership Commuted Sums Advisory Panel Constitution Constitution Review Working Group Corporate Parenting Board Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee Council Executive Executive - Individual Member Decisions Fostering Panel Grievance Committee Health and Wellbeing Board Sub Committee Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee Highwood Management Conference Investigating and Disciplinary Committee Joint Public Protection Committee Joint Waste Disposal Board Licensing and Appeals Committee Licensing and Appeals Hearings Sub Committee Licensing Hearings Loddon Homes Limited Optalis Holdings Limited Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee Overview and Scrutiny Panel - Corporate Projects Overview and Scrutiny Panel - Finance Overview and Scrutiny Panel - Service Development Personnel Board Personnel Board Appeals Sub Committee Personnel Board Hearings Place and Community Partnership Planning Committee Planning Contributions - Affordable Housing Task and Finish Planning Site Visits SACRE (Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education) School Admissions Forum School Transport Appeals Panel Schools Forum Scrutiny Committee Secure Accommodation Panel Special Council Executive Committee Standards Committee Standards Committee Hearings Panel Tenant and Landlord Improvement Panel Thames Basin Heaths Joint Strategic Partnership Thames Valley Police and Crime Panel Trading and Enterprises Sub Committee Wokingham Borough Council (Holdings) Limited Wokingham Borough Wellbeing Board Wokingham Enterprises Limited Wokingham Giving Partnership Wokingham Housing Limited Wokingham Learning Disability Partnership Board Wokingham Learning Disability Partnershp Board Your Library

Category: Any Non Pecuniary Pecuniary Personal Personal and Prejudicial Prejudicial

Councillor: Any Akhtar, Sam Akhtar Baker, Keith Baker Batth, Parry Batth Bishop-Firth, Rachel Bishop-Firth Blumenthal, Laura Blumenthal Bowring, Chris Bowring Boyt, Shirley Boyt Bray, Prue Bray Burgess, Rachel Burgess Chadwick, Anne Chadwick Cheng, Jenny Cheng Conway, Stephen Conway Cornish, David Cornish Cowan, Gary Cowan Croy, Andy Croy Cunnington, Phil Cunnington Davies, David Davies Dennis, Peter Dennis Doran, Carl Doran Ferris, Lindsay Ferris Firmager, Michael Firmager Fishwick, Paul Fishwick Frewin, Jim Frewin Gee, Maria Gee Grandison, Guy Grandison Halsall, John Halsall Hare, David Hare Harper, Peter Harper Helliar-Symons, Pauline Helliar-Symons Howe, Graham Howe Johnson, Chris Johnson Jones, Clive Jones Jorgensen, Norman Jorgensen Jorgensen, Pauline Jorgensen Kaiser, John Kaiser Kerr, Sarah Kerr Loyes, Abdul Loyes Maher, Tahir Maher Malvern, Morag Malvern Margetts, Charles Margetts Margetts, Rebecca Margetts Mather, Adrian Mather Mickleburgh, Andrew Mickleburgh Munro, Stuart Munro Murray, Gregor Murray Neal, Alistair Neal Patman, Barrie Patman Rance, Jackie Rance Ross, Angus Ross Rowland, Beth Rowland Sargeant, Daniel Sargeant Shenton, Ian Shenton Shepherd-Dubey I, Imogen Shepherd-DuBey Shepherd-DuBey R, Rachelle Shepherd-DuBey Smith, Mike Smith Smith C, Chris Smith Smith Ca, Caroline Smith Smith W, Wayne Smith Soane, Bill Soane Swaddle, Alison Swaddle Weeks, Simon Weeks Younis, Shahid Younis

 Declarations

Meeting:  Wednesday, 2nd June, 2021 7.00 pm - Audit Committee

6. Wokingham Borough Council Outline Audit Plan year ended 31 March 2021

• Daniel Sargeant - Personal - Councillor Daniel Sargeant declared a Personal Interest in Item 6 Wokingham Borough Council Outline Audit Plan year ended 31 March 2021 on the grounds that he was Non Executive Director of Wokingham Housing Limited and Berry Brook Homes.
• Imogen Shepherd-DuBey - Personal - Councillor Imogen Shepherd-DuBey declared a Personal Interest regarding Item 6 Wokingham Borough Council Outline Audit Plan year ended 31 March 2021 on the grounds that she had money in the Berkshire Pension Fund.
• Shahid Younis - Personal - Councillor Shahid Younis declared a Personal Interest in Item 6 Wokingham Borough Council Outline Audit Plan year ended 31 March 2021 on the grounds that he was a Non Executive Director of Wokingham Housing Limited and Berry Brook Homes.

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Meeting:  Monday, 14th June, 2021 7.00 pm - Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee

6. Updates on mental health support for vulnerable communities in Wokingham

• Jenny Cheng - Personal - Councillor Cheng declared a Personal Interest in item 6 Updates on mental health support for vulnerable communities in Wokingham on the grounds that she was the Council’s representative on Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust.

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Meeting:  Thursday, 24th June, 2021 7.00 pm - Executive

7. Revenue Monitoring 2020/21 - Outturn

• John Halsall - Personal - Councillor Halsall was Treasurer of Thames Rowing Club which had received Covid support from the Council
• John Kaiser - Personal - Councillor Kaiser is a remunerated Non-Executive Director of WBC (Holdings) Ltd, Wokingham Housing Ltd and Berry Brook Homes Ltd
• Stuart Munro - Personal - Councillor Munro is a Non-Executive Director of WBC(Holdings) Ltd
• Wayne Smith - Personal - Councillor Smith is a Non-Executive Director of WBC (Holdings) Ltd

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Meeting:  Thursday, 22nd July, 2021 7.30 pm - Council

13. Health Scrutiny Arrangements Across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care System

• Clive Jones - Personal - Councillor Clive Jones declared a Personal Interest in Item 28 Health Scrutiny Arrangements across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West, on the grounds that he was a governor of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

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Meeting:  Wednesday, 28th July, 2021 7.00 pm - Audit Committee

6. EY - verbal update on 2019/20 and 2020/21 audits

• Imogen Shepherd-DuBey - Personal - Councillor Imogen Shepherd-DuBey declared a Personal Interest regarding Item 17 EY- verbal update on 2019/20 and 2020/21 audit on the grounds that she had money in the Berkshire Pension Fund.

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Meeting:  Thursday, 30th September, 2021 7.00 pm - Executive

11. Housing Allocations Policy 2021

• John Kaiser - - Councillor John Kaiser declared a Personal Interest in Item 46 Housing Allocations Policy 2021 on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of WBC Holdings Ltd.
• Stuart Munro - Personal - Councillor Stuart Munro declared a Personal Interest in Item 46 Housing Allocations Policy 2021 on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of WBC Holdings Ltd.
• Wayne Smith - Personal - Councillor Wayne Smith declared a Personal Interest in Item 46 Housing Allocations Policy 2021 on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of WBC Holdings Ltd.

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Meeting:  Thursday, 30th September, 2021 7.00 pm - Executive

8. Procurement of Adult Social Care Voluntary Sector Services

• John Halsall - Personal - Councillor John Halsall declared a Personal Interest in Item 43 Procurement of Adult Social Care Voluntary Sector Service on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of Optalis.
• John Kaiser - Personal - Councillor John Kaiser declared a Personal Interest in Item 43 Procurement of Adult Social Care Voluntary Sector Service on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of Optalis.

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Meeting:  Friday, 12th November, 2021 7.00 pm - Executive

6. Local Plan Update: Revised Growth Strategy

• Graham Howe - Personal - He is a member of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wokingham Ltd
• John Halsall - Personal - He was the founder member and is a director of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wokingham Ltd and also a member of the Campaign to Protect Rural England.

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Meeting:  Thursday, 18th November, 2021 7.30 pm - Council

3. Declarations of Interest

• John Halsall - Personal - Councillor John Halsall declared a Personal Interest on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of Optalis.
• John Kaiser - Personal - Councillor John Kaiser declared a Personal Interest on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of WBC Holdings Ltd.
• Norman Jorgensen - Personal - Councillor Norman Jorgensen declared a Personal Interest on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of Loddon Homes.
• Stuart Munro - Personal - Councillor Stuart Munro declared a Personal Interest on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of WBC Holdings Ltd.
• Wayne Smith - Personal - Councillor Wayne Smith declared a Personal Interest on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of WBC Holdings Ltd.

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Meeting:  Tuesday, 30th November, 2021 7.00 pm - Audit Committee

3. Declaration of Interest

• Shahid Younis - Personal - Councillor Shahid Younis declared a personal interest on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of Loddon Homes.

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Meeting:  Thursday, 27th January, 2022 7.00 pm - Executive

10. Optalis Contract Renewal 2022

• Charles Margetts - Personal and Prejudicial - Councillor Margetts is a non-Executive Director of Optalis Ltd
• John Halsall - Personal and Prejudicial - Councillor Halsall is a non-Executive Director of Optalis Holdings Ltd
• John Kaiser - Personal and Prejudicial - Councillor Kaiser is a non-Executive Director of Optalis Holdings Ltd

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Meeting:  Wednesday, 2nd February, 2022 7.00 pm - Audit Committee

3. Declaration of Interest

• Imogen Shepherd-DuBey - Personal - Councillor Imogen Shepherd-DuBey declared a general Personal Interest on the grounds that she had money in the Berkshire Pension Fund.

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Meeting:  Thursday, 24th March, 2022 7.30 pm - Council

3. Declarations of Interest

• Charles Margetts - Personal - Councillor Charles Margetts declared a personal interest on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of Optalis.
• John Halsall - Personal - Councillor John Halsall declared a personal interest on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of Optalis Holdings.
• John Kaiser - Personal - Councillor John Kaiser declared a personal interest on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of WBC Holdings Ltd.
• Norman Jorgensen - Personal - Councillor Norman Jorgensen declared a personal interest on the grounds that he was a Non-Executive Director of Loddon Homes.
• Shahid Younis - Personal - Councillor Shahid Younis declared a personal interest on the grounds that he was a non-Executive Director of Loddon Homes

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Meeting:  Thursday, 24th March, 2022 7.30 pm - Council

7. Ukraine

• Maria Gee - Personal - Councillor Maria Gee declared a personal interest in relation to Agenda items 103 Ukraine on the grounds that she had applied to host Ukrainian refugees.
• Paul Fishwick - Personal - Councillor Paul Fishwick declared a personal interest in relation to Agenda items 103 Ukraine, on the grounds that he had applied to host Ukrainian refugees.
• Phil Cunnington - Personal - Councillor Phil Cunnington declared a personal interest in relation to Agenda items 103 Ukraine on the grounds that he had applied to host a Ukrainian family.
• Rachel Bishop-Firth - Personal - Councillor Rachel Bishop Firth declared a personal interest in relation to Agenda items 103 Ukraine on the grounds that she had applied to host Ukrainian refugees.

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Meeting:  Wednesday, 30th March, 2022 7.00 pm - Audit Committee

2. Declaration of Interest

• Imogen Shepherd-DuBey - Personal - Councillor Imogen Shepherd-DuBey declared a general Personal Interest on the grounds that she had money in the Berkshire Pension Fund.

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Meeting:  Thursday, 31st March, 2022 7.00 pm - Executive

6. Temporary Closure Remenham Footpath No 4 Henley Festival

• John Halsall - Personal - Councillor Halsall was a resident of Remenham and Chairman of the local parish council

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Meeting:  Wednesday, 11th May, 2022 7.00 pm - Planning Committee

9. Application No.220654 - 14 Chiltern Drive, Charvil

• Sam Akhtar - Prejudicial - Sam Akhtar declared a prejudicial interest in agenda item 102, application 220654, on the grounds that he was the Ward Member for the area and had made comments with regards to the application and had helped to mediate between interested parties. Sam added that he would leave the room for the duration of the Committee’s debate and subsequent vote.