Decision details

The Committee considered excluding the public and press during consideration of the restricted minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 2022 included in the agenda as part of Item 2 and Appendices 3a and 3b of Item 3- Details of Loan Request and Blackpool Entertainment Company Limited Food and Beverage Strategy presentation as these documents contained commercially sensitive information.

The Committee considered that on balance the public interest would not be served by making the information public as it could undermine the Council and its wholly owned companies’ financial position.

Resolved: That under Section 100 (A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the restricted minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 2022 included in the agenda as part of Item 2 and Appendices 3a and 3b of Item 3- Details of Loan Request and Blackpool Entertainment Company Limited Food and Beverage Strategy presentationon the grounds that it would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.