Issue - meetings

To receive a report seeking member approval for continuation of the present public speaking arrangements.

The Head of Trading Standards and Licensing, introduced a report on continuation of the present public speaking arrangements for the Committee which had been agreed in April 2009.  The Committee had agreed to review the decision after a trial period of 1 year.

It was agreed that ‘licensing officer’, in Question 3 part i), of the Speaking to Reports at Licensing and Safety Committee Meetings document, would be amended to read ‘officer’, as reports would not always be presented by a licensing officer.

The Committee also agreed that written notification of requests to speak at the Committee should be defined as 2 days prior to the meeting rather than on the Tuesday prior to the meeting, as Committee meetings may not always be held on Thursday evenings.

RESOLVED that public speaking be permitted to continue at the Licensing and Safety Committee in line with the requirements set out within the Public Speaking at Licensing and Safety Committee document.