(a)       To receive announcements from the Lord Mayor or the Chief Executive;

(b)       To receive announcements from the Leader, Cabinet Members or Committee Chairs.

The Lord Mayor referred to the recent death of Alderman Prudence Hocken. 

Alderman Mrs Hocken served on the City Council from 1979 to 1995 and represented the Plymstock Dunstone Ward.  She was made an Alderman in July 1995.

The Council stood in silence, for one minute, as a mark of respect.