The Council submits the following Graces to the Regent House. These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 31 October 2008.
1. That (i) the stipends for all non-clinical University staff whose stipends are steps on the Cambridge general stipend and salary scale be increased as set out in the Council's Notice on University salaries and stipends (p. 82), and
(ii) the stipends for officers whose stipends are not steps on the general scale, except the stipend of the Deputy High Steward,1 be increased by 5% with effect from 1 October 2008.2
2. That the recommendations in paragraph 13 of the Report of the General Board, dated 9 July 2008, on a Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies (PPSIS) (Reporter, 2007-08, p. 964) be approved.
3. That the recommendations in paragraph 2 of the Report of the Council, dated 22 September 2008, on the sale of premises at 6 Chaucer Road (Reporter, 2008-09, p. 30) be approved.
4. That the recommendations in paragraph 5 of the Report of the General Board, dated 29 September 2008, on the establishment of a Professorship of Statistics in Biomedicine (Reporter, 2008-09, p. 30) be approved.
1 By ancient custom the Deputy High Steward receives a nominal stipend of £4 a year.
2 See the Council's Notice, p. 82.