Agenda item - Chair's Communications

The Chair gave the following communications:

This committee only will see one paper, if called, but for the record there are no new reviews or appeals to report on and therefore these papers are not included.

I thank all Councillors for continuing to make themselves available for licensing panels, but would still call on colleagues who may not put themselves forward as much, to do so. As mentioned in our last committee, our Democratic and licensing Officers and I would still like to find a way to increase engagement from members, so  we will be in touch to continue the conversation.

However, in the short term, when you receive an email request, please do let Democratic Services know either way if you are able to attend, so they can cross you off or not, as the case may be.

I also wanted to remind Members of the upcoming dates for Operation Marble, you should have all received an email from PC Kate Hancox inviting us to join Operation Marble on either or both dates in November and December, I note some members are yet to respond, so please do let Kate know either way.

We have also been invited to a round table to have informal discussion with Police Licensing in January, you should have all received a diary hold, where we will have an opportunity to discuss many things, including our marble tours. So I hope to see many of you there as we continue to enjoy positive relationships with our colleagues in the Police force.