Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillors Nawaz and Davidson.

Councillor Kreling was in attendance as a substitute.

At this point Members must declare whether they have a disclosable pecuniary interest, or other interest, in any of the items on the agenda, unless it is already entered in the register of members’ interests or is a “pending notification “ that has been disclosed to the Solicitor to the Council.

Members must also declare if they are subject to their party group whip in relation to any items under consideration.

There were no declarations of interest.

The minutes of the meeting held on 18 October 2012 were approved as a true and accurate record.

The Regulatory Officer clarified to the Committee that Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service was a statutory consultee.

The Committee received a report on the consultation of the revised Statement of Principles in accordance with the Gambling Act 2005 requirements for all licensing authorities.

Members were informed that the draft revised Statement of Principles had been consulted on in the respective areas under Section 349 of the Gambling Act.  Members were also advised that comments made at the Licensing Committee held on 18 October 2012 had been incorporated within the Statement of Principles document.

The Committee were asked to consider and approve the final Statement of Principles and recommend that it be adopted by Full Council on 5 December 2012.

Members were invited to comment on the document and Councillor Hiller stated that he had recently had the opportunity to converse with casino operators and it was clear that the adoption of the Gamcare scheme by casino outlets was a positive and beneficial step.

          RESOLVED:

The Committee:

1.  Noted the contents of the report;

2.  Noted the comments received following public consultation; and

3. Approved the final Statement of Principles and recommend that it be adopted by Full Council on 5 December 2012.

Reasons for the decision:

It was a statutory requirement under Section 349 of the Gambling Act 2005 for Licensing Authorities to prepare, consult, revise and adopt a three-yearly Gambling Act 2005 Statement of Principles.