Issue - meetings

(a)       That the Forward Work Programme be amended;

(b)       That the Facilitator, in consultation with the Chair of the Committee, be authorised to vary the Forward Work Programme between meetings, as the need arises; and

(c)       That the Committee’s preference to meet at 2pm on Thursdays be reported back to the Constitution & Democratic Services Committee.

The Education & Youth Overview & Scrutiny Facilitator presented the current Forward Work Programme for consideration.  She advised that it had been agreed that the next meeting of the Committee to be held on 21 December 2017 would be cancelled and the items to be considered at the meeting would be moved to the next meeting on 1 February 2018. She explained that it was proposed that the briefing session on Corporate Safeguarding which was to be held prior to the start of the December meeting, be held prior to a meeting of the County Council.

            During discussion the following amendments were proposed to the Forward Work Programme:

• that a report on the Youth Service be brought to a future meeting of the Committee;

• that social media and internet safety in schools be a regular item on the Committee’s forward work programme

• that a report on how the 21^st Century Band B school programme aligned with the class sizes grant from welsh government be submitted to a future meeting of the Committee

• that an update report on the rollout of free childcare provision be submitted to a joint meeting of the Education & Youth and Social & Health Care Overview & Scrutiny Committees

• that an update report on the Early Entitlement Hub be submitted to a joint meeting of the Education & Youth and Social & Health Care Overview & Scrutiny Committees.   

The Facilitator drew attention to paragraph 1.03 of the report and advised that at the meeting of the Constitution & Democratic Services Committee held on 25 October 2017, it was resolved that each Committee should be canvassed for views on its meeting preference as part of its forward work programme.  She referred to the options as detailed in the report and asked the Committee to express a preference for its meeting pattern.  The outcome would be reported back to the Constitution & Democratic Services Committee.

Councillor Patrick Heesom proposed that the Committee retained its current arrangement to meet on a Thursday afternoon at 2.00 p.m.  This was seconded by Councillor Dave Mackie and when put to the vote was agreed.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the Forward Work Programme be amended;

(b)       That the Facilitator, in consultation with the Chair of the Committee, be authorised to vary the Forward Work Programme between meetings, as the need arises; and

(c)        That the Committee’s preference to meet at 2pm on Thursdays be reported back to the Constitution & Democratic Services Committee.