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R3-15

July 1997

Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.

Recommendation

Councils should set up a Standards Committee, composed of senior councillors, which should have the power to examine allegations of misconduct by councillors and to recommend disciplinary action to the full council, including the punishment of an individual councillor.

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