Agenda item - Chair's Communications

22.1 The Chair gave the following communication:

Today we have two very important items on the agenda. We are again looking at School admissions arrangements and are joined again by Curtis and Lewis from Class Divide and by Dr Ellen Greaves from the University of Exeter. I have also arranged for Euan Hannington, Head of Rudyard Kipling School, and a representative of Brighton & Hove Buses to be in the audience to listen to our discussion. Secondly, we will be looking at the City of Sanctuary work carried out by the council. For this item we are joined by Prof Jo Wilding from the University of Sussex. Both of these items should be very interesting and I am grateful to our external guests for adding to the discussion.

Members may have noticed a meeting has been arranged for Friday 7th February at 15:30 at Brighton Town Hall. This is a special meeting to scrutinise the council’s budget in relation to the remit of this committee. I hope that you will all be able to join us there.