Agenda, decisions and minutes

Decision Session - Executive Member for Corporate Services - Tuesday, 21 September 2010 4.15 pm

Venue: The Guildhall, York

Contact: Jayne Carr, Democracy Officer

Items
No.	Item
7.	Declarations of Interest At this point Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on the agenda. Minutes: The Executive Member was invited to declare at this point in the meeting any personal or prejudicial interests he might have in the business on the agenda. None were declared.
8.	Minutes PDF 44 KB To approve and sign the minutes of the Decision Session of the Executive Member for Corporate Services held on 20 July 2010. Minutes: RESOLVED:That the minutes of the Decision Session held on 20 July 2010 be approved and signed by the Executive Member as a correct record.
9.	Public Participation At this point in the meeting, members of the public who have registered their wish to speak at the meeting can do so. The deadline for registering is 5.00 pm on Monday 20 September 2010. Members of the public may register to speak on:- An item on the agenda An issue within the Executive Member’s remit An item that has been published on the Information Log since the last session. Minutes: It was reported that there were no registrations to speak under the council’s Public Participation Scheme.
10.	Call for Evidence on the Data Protection Legislative Framework PDF 66 KB The Ministry of Justice has issued a Call for Evidence on current data protection law to help inform the UK’s position on negotiations for a new EU data protection instrument, which are expected to start in early 2011. This report presents a draft response to the Ministry of Justice “Call for Evidence” on current data protection law. Additional documents: MoJ dpa-consultation-questionnaire CYC , item 10. PDF 92 KB Decision: RESOLVED:That the draft response be approved subject to consideration being given to expand the response to question 12 to include a clause stating that “the deadline could be extended if this was agreed by both parties because of the complexity of the information requested”¹. REASON: To ensure that the views of City of York Council are considered during the revision of the European Directive. Minutes: The Executive Member considered a report that presented a draft response to the Ministry of Justice “Call for Evidence” on current data protection law. The Executive Member was asked to comment on the draft response (Annex A of the report) before it was finalised and sent to the Ministry of Justice. RESOLVED:That the draft response be approved subject to consideration being given to expand the response to question 12 to include a clause stating that “the deadline could be extended if this was agreed by both parties because of the complexity of the information requested”¹. REASON: To ensure that the views of City of York Council are considered during the revision of the European Directive.