(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 the Council that David Mockett, a British expat from Plympton, had been killed by a suspected terrorist bomb as he drove through the city of Aden in Yemen in July 2011.

MrMockett had worked as a marine surveyor for the Arab Company for Inspection and Marine Consulting and his car exploded after he left the hotel where he was staying.

The Lord Mayor indicated that the Council’s thoughts were with his family and the Council stood in silence, for one minute, as a mark of respect.