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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillors Day, Forbes and JR Fox. Councillor Harrington attended as substitute for Councillor Fox and Councillor Shabbir attended as substitute for Councillor Forbes.
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Declarations of Interest and Whipping Declarations 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.
Minutes: Ansar Ali declared that he was a candidate in the forthcoming Police and Crime Commissioner election.
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Minutes of the Meeting Held on 25 July 2012 PDF 101 KB Minutes: The minutes of the Strong and Supportive Communities Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 25 July 2012 were approved as an accurate record.
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Call In of any Cabinet, Cabinet Member or Key Officer Decisions The decision notice for each decision will bear the date on which it is published and will specify that the decision may then be implemented on the expiry of 3 working days after the publication of the decision (not including the date of publication), unless a request for call-in of the decision is received from any two Members of a Scrutiny Committee or Scrutiny Commissions. If a request for call-in of a decision is received, implementation of the decision remains suspended for consideration by the relevant Scrutiny Committee or Commission.
Minutes: There were no requests for Call-in to consider.
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Reducing Reoffending Through Behaviour Change PDF 147 KB Minutes: The report allowed the Committee to discharge its function as the Crime and Disorder Scrutiny Committee in accordance with the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 by scrutinising the approach taken by the Community Safety Partnership to reduce reoffending in the city.
On 1 April 2012 statutory changes to Community Safety Partnerships under the Policing and Crime Act 2009 came in to effect and added the Probation Services to the list of responsible authorities and provided a new duty to formulate and implement a strategy to reduce reoffending by adult and young offenders. It also amended section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act to add a duty for certain defined authorities to consider reducing reoffending in the exercise of all their duties. Defined authorities were as follows:
The following points were highlighted:
- 33% had at some point been in care - 90% had at some point been excluded from school - 54% had an education level of an eleven year old - 50% were long-term unemployed - 40% had a hard drug issue of more than £100 per day - 70% had a closest friendship group with multi-convictions - 10% had a diagnosed mental illness
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Protecting the Public Through Regulatory Services PDF 79 KB Minutes: The Business Regulation Manager introduced the report to the Committee highlighting the important work carried out by Trading Standards and the Food Safety and Health and Safety Teams and outlining the proposed approach in supporting business to achieve compliance.
The Committee were asked to consider and review the achievements and future plans of the regulatory teams in fulfilling Peterborough City Council’s statutory duties in public protection and public health legislation and to endorse the direction of travel outlined within the report.
The Principal Trading Standards Officer delivered a PowerPoint presentation to the group highlighting the work that the Trading Standards Team had completed in Peterborough so far this year:
The Primary Authority Partnerships who were working with Peterborough Trading Standards to audit and agree action plans were as follows:
· AB AGRI · British Sugar · Indisit/Hotpoint · Potter and Moore · Thomas Cook · Kiddicare · Jam on the Hill
The current delivery of the service was enforcement driven primarily through prosecution and inspections and business support primarily through Primary Authority.
Trading Standards would use an intelligence–led approach to:
Enforcement would be to:
Businesses would be supported by:
Consumers would be informed by:
· Media statements · Targeted education to help combat doorstep crime · Promotion of Buy with Confidence
Benefits would include:
Trading Standards asked members to consider the change of direction for trading standards and endorse their move towards a more targeted and preventative approach.
The Food Safety and Health and Safety Officer delivered a presentation to the committee informing the committee that the primary objective was to protect public health. The most serious issues the team had dealt with were E.coli and legionella and ... view the full minutes text for item 6. |
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Responsible Dog Ownership PDF 73 KB Minutes: The report informed the Committee that the issue of dog control was a national issue at present and that a number of consultations had taken place nationally to consider amendments to the current legislation to control dogs. With this in mind and to very much complement any changes in the law, officers had been developing a programme to raise awareness with pet owners on how they could do more to ensure they and their animal behave appropriately when in public and at home.
The Committee were asked to support a programme that promoted responsible dog ownership, including hosting and/or facilitating events with partner agencies initially over a pilot twelve month period. Further that the committee supported officers to continue to work with the Police as new powers were introduced that enabled better controls of dangerous dogs in order to maximise the impacts of both organisations.
Observations and questions were raised around the following areas:
ACTION AGREED
The Committee agreed for the Enforcement team to come back to a future meeting to give an update on the work that had been undertaken.
RECOMMENDATIONS
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Forward Plan of Key Decisions PDF 43 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee received the latest version of the Council’s Forward Plan, containing key decisions that the Leader of the Council anticipated the Cabinet or individual Cabinet Members would make during the course of the following four months. Members were invited to comment on the Plan and, where appropriate, identify any relevant areas for inclusion in the Committee’s work programme.
ACTION AGREED
The Committee noted the Forward Plan and agreed that there were no items for further consideration.
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Minutes: Members considered the Committee’s Work Programme for 2012/13 and discussed possible items for inclusion.
ACTION AGREED
To confirm the work programme for 2012/13.
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Date of Next Meeting 20 November 2012. Minutes: 20 November 2012
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