Is the Abm a Secret Society? ; Have Your Say

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I WAS not surprised by your article on page 16 of the Evening Post on September 14, concerning the exclusion of Councillor June Stanton, of Sketty, from a meeting of the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg (ABM) University Health Board, I have in my possession a copy of the agenda for a meeting on May 6, which I attended as an observer. On this agenda, the dates of two further meetings are given, and I quote: "To consider a motion to exclude the press and the public in accordance with section 1(2 ) public bodies (admission to meetings act) 1960."

I knew before attending the meeting that members of the public were not allowed to speak, and it makes one wonder what kind of secret society has been created here. I am intelligent enough to realise that there must be reasons to exclude the public from parts of a meeting, for confidentiality, but to ban them totally is disgusting.

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Is the Abm a Secret Society? ; Have Your Say

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