Agenda and minutes

NOTED       that no Member or Officer declared any interest pursuant to any statutory requirement in any matter discussed or voted upon at the meeting.

The Chairman advised that the proceedings were being recorded by the Council and that the meeting was being livestreamed and broadcast from the Civic Suite, Castle House.

AGREED      that the Minutes of the meeting held on 2 March 2023 were a correct record and signed by the Chair.

NOTED       the General Purposes Committee’s Forward Plan from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

The Committee considered the report of the Senior Licensing Officer which sought to present to members the activities and performance of the Licensing Team which included details of current ongoing enforcement issues.

Information contained in the report related to the number of applications for grants and renewal of licences for Hackney Carriage; Private Hire; and Ambulance Drivers together with those for Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicles.  A note of ongoing enforcement activities was also listed for information as to what action had been taken to-date. 

AGREED      (unanimously) that the report noted.

To consider resolving that, under section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

That, under section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, of part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

NOTED       the exempt Minutes of the Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Driver’s Sub-committee held on Tuesday, 18 April 2023.