hugh emerson wrote:
Surely any councillor who "would not bother....." has to declare an
interest if they are cat lovers/owners which should debar them from
taking part in any discussion of this nature.

I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong.


By the same argument non-cat owning gardening councillors would also
have an interest. In fact only those councillors who didn't bother to
turn up could be genuinely said to not to have an interest and they
would then be the only ones entitled to vote. So the by-law wouldn't
be passed
Ah! but but what about the non cat owning councillors who live in high rise
flats?