Agenda item - Chair's Communications

The Chair gave the following communications:

Jim will be presenting a report regarding the Cumulative Impact Assessment following the consultation exercise recently carried out. There will also be a wider comprehensive review of the overarching Statement of Licensing Policy beginning next year.

Following the work the licensing team have been doing into tackling modern slavery, including inputting into a national report into “Understanding the Potential of Licensing Frameworks and Teams to Tackle Modern Slavery”, Jim Whitelegg has been asked to present a webinar on licensing partnership working to prevent modern slavery. This will be highlighting some of the work that the licensing authority has done in raising awareness of modern slavery as well as the enforcement action that has been taken as part of a multi-agency approach.