“Discourteous, aggressive & threatening”
Tucked away at the bottom of the agenda for Monday’s council meeting is a Decision Notice of the Standards (Hearing) Sub-Committee. It is the outcome of an investigation into a breach of the code of conduct by councillor Ian Corbett, mayoral chum and ‘full-time’ advisor on environment and leisure.
Here it is in full:
The Complaint
On 26 August 2015 the Standards (Hearing) Sub-Committee considered a complaint made by a member of the public concerning the alleged conduct of Councillor Ian Corbett towards a Council employee at Newham Town Hall, East Ham on 3 September 2014.
A general summary of the complaint is that Councillor Ian Corbett acting in an official capacity spoke in an inappropriate manner and acted discourteously towards a member of staff in the reception area at Newham Town Hall. This conduct also took place in the presence of a member of the public.
The Independent Investigator’s report concluded that Councillor Ian Corbett had breached the Member Code of Conduct by his behaviour towards the member of staff which was discourteous, aggressive and threatening.
The Decision
Having sought and taken into account the views of the Independent Person the Standards (Hearing) Sub-Committee resolved that:
i) Councillor Ian Corbett had breached the Code of Conduct by not engaging with the member of staff in an appropriate manner and not treating the person with respect;
ii) The Monitoring Officer write to Councillor Ian Corbett to advise him on his future conduct and place on record the Sub-Committee’s disappointment and concern that he had failed to engage in the investigation process at any part of the procedure despite numerous requests which went against the spirit of the Code of Conduct.
iii) That the decision of the Sub-Committee be reported to the next available meeting of Council.
Just like the mayor last year when he was investigated – and found guilty – over his behaviour towards the Focus E15 mums, Corbett has completely blanked the Standards Committee investigation. Refused to cooperate in any way. The committee’s observation that this goes “against the spirit of the Code of Conduct” is barely begins to cover it.
Standards, like scrutiny, is being treated with utter contempt.
forestgatedotnet 
so if as a councillor you abuse threaten and intimidate a member of staff ,breach the code of conduct and bring the council into disrepute ,ignore the standards panel and treat them with contempt ,does that follow you are suspended from labour party removed from the whip and removed as a councillor or do you just ignore the findings at cost to the public purse and carry on as if nothing has happened .be careful lbn you could be setting a president here .if anything like the above occurs I would doubt the justification of having a mayor and a chief executive so watch out mr Bromley derry the abused staff member could hold you to account for your actions .