Agenda item - Member Involvement

To consider the following matters raised by Members:

(a)          Petitions: To receive any petitions;

(b)          Written Questions: To consider any written questions;

(c)          Letters: To consider any letters;

(d)          Notices of Motion: to consider any Notices of Motion referred from Full Council or submitted directly to the Committee.

30.1 The Chair invited Councillor Pickett to ask her question which can be found on page 5 of Addendum 1.

30.2 The Chair gave the following response:

Cllr McGregor is the lead councillor in charge of progressing the nighttime safety charter. He has met with around 50 businesses that work within the nighttime economy as well as community groups who face potential safety concerns in the city.

In this we've seen fantastic best practice from some venues that we want to emulate within the charter to extend it throughout the city.

Venues we speak with at the music venues alliance are doing amazing work and we've taken lessons from our conversations with them.

We're looking into funding systems for an accreditation process for venues in the nighttime Economy, marking them a safe space. We don't want this to just be a list of wants, but must haves to be accredited.

We've been working with Citizens UK to make sure that the areas covered are up to date and help our younger demographic, who make up a large part of the nighttime economy.

A key point of this has to be LGBTQ+ inclusion, many systems like this have missed parts that are unique to the Queer community in terms of safety.

We've got proposals that will go to community groups in the next few weeks to make sure we cover as much as we can.

Looking to work with our Labour council colleagues that currently have a safety charter to see what pitfalls we can overcome. This is the next stage after we confirm the funding model.

30.3 Councillor Pickett asked the following supplementary question:

Can we get more clarity on what the Charter entails, and what the cost implications for businesses are as well?

30.4 The Chair confirmed a written response would be sent to Councillor Pickett.

30.5 The Chair invited Councillor Goldsmith to ask her question found on page 5 of Addendum 1.

30.6 The Chair gave the following response:

How the PSPOs will be approved will be for Cabinet to decide. An Equalities Impact Assessment will always be completed when considering a PSPO.

30.6 Councillor Goldsmith asked the following supplementary question:

Under the administrative pro cabinet system, will PSPOs still be discussed and approved at a public meeting, and will the impact on those experiencing homelessness still be included in the equalities impact assessment as we discussed last committee?

30.7 The Chair gave the following response:

How PSPOs will be approved will be for cabinet to decide if a cabinet system is agreed, but I can say that everything discussed and agreed by cabinet will be publically available so there are no secrets.

30.8 The Chair invited Councillor Alexander to present the Notice of Motion found on page 15 of the Agenda.

30.8 The Chair invited Councillor Winder to second the Notice of Motion.

30.9 Councillors Goldsmith and Grimshaw expressed support for the motion.

RESOLVED:

The motion was passed unanimously.