Issue - meetings

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 16 April 2015.

            That subject to the suggested amendment, the minutes be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman. 

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 16 April 2015 had been circulated to Members with the agenda.

Councillor Richard Jones referred to the last paragraph on page 11 and said that the impact of Welfare Reform had not been his view, but had been a comment provided in a note from an officer at an earlier meeting.  He asked that the sentence be amended to read ‘Councillor Richard Jones stated that an officer had previously indicated that the Welfare Reforms had not had the impact that had been expected as Housing Benefit and unemployment had reduced’. 

In response to a query from Councillor Robin Guest about the proposed joint meeting on the issue of Welfare Reform, the Member Engagement Manager advised Members that following the changes to the Overview & Scrutiny Structure, Welfare Reform would be dealt with by the Community & Enterprise Overview & Scrutiny Committee and therefore a joint meeting would not be required.      

            RESOLVED:

            That subject to the suggested amendment, the minutes be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.