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The Committee received and noted the report of the Executive Director of Enabling Services detailing the Draft Annual Governance Statement 2023/24.  The Accounts and Audit Regulations required the Council to develop and publish an Annual Governance Statement (‘AGS’). The purpose of the AGS, which was published with the Statement of Accounts (‘SoA’), was to provide an accurate representation of the corporate governance arrangements in place during the year and to identify any areas where there were significant gaps or where improvements were required.

The Committee particularly noted the status of the agreed actions from the draft 2022/23 AGS as detailed in Appendix 3 of the report and the draft AGS 2023/24 as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report.  It was noted that the AGS would also be presented to Governance Committee in due course as part of the Committee’s remit.