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To consider the motion as received from Council regarding the proposed twinning of this Council with the town of Bucha, in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)       Approve the creation of a Working Group – that comprises of 3 members of this Committee being 2 Resident Association Group members of this committee and 1 Labour Group member of this committee, namely: Councillor Neil Dallen, Hannah Dalton and Kate Chinn.

(2)       Nominate and authorise the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Chair and Vice Chair of this Committee to settle the Terms of Reference of the Working Group in advance of its first meeting.

The Committee resolved with 6 votes for and 1 abstention:

(3)       To invite the Working Group to provide an update of its efforts at the next scheduled meeting of this Committee.

The Committee received a report asking it to consider a motion referred to it by Full Council regarding the proposed twinning of this Council with the town of Bucha, in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.

The following matter was considered:

a)              Working group. The Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer provided the Committee with an update on the allocation of seats on the proposed working Group following the consideration of an updated political proportionality calculation by Full Council on 12 March 2026. The Committee was informed that the updated proportionality calculation allocated 2 seats on the Working Group to the Residents Association Group and 1 seat to the Labour Group.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)        Approve the creation of a Working Group that comprises of 3 members of this Committee being 2 Residents Association Group members of this committee and 1 Labour Group member of this committee, namely: Councillors Neil Dallen, Hannah Dalton and Kate Chinn.

(2)        Nominate and authorise the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Chair and Vice Chair of this Committee to settle the Terms of Reference of the Working Group in advance of its first meeting.

The Committee resolved with 6 votes for and 1 abstention:

(3)        To invite the Working Group to provide an update of its efforts at the next scheduled meeting of this Committee.