(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 advised councillors that Sikhs all over the world would be celebrating Vaisakhi in April. Vaisakhi was the birth of the Khalsa in 1699 and also the harvest. 

The Sikh community was very visible and established in the UK but in Plymouth there were less than 100 people. As the most visible and most prominent Sikh in Plymouth, Councillor Singh became the first Sikh councillor and was recently nominated as the Deputy Lord Mayor designate for 2012/13.

He had received an invitation for a reception to 10 Downing Street with the Prime Minister, David Cameron, for Vaisakhi together with other Sikhs who had made contributions in and around the United Kingdom.  Councillor Singh was currently travelling to London and would be representing the Sikh community together with the wider community and people of Plymouth, at this auspicious occasion.

The Lord Mayor, on behalf of the Council congratulated Councillor Singh on his achievement.