Issue - meetings

This report presents the minutes of a recent meeting of the Young People’s Working Group and asks Members to consider the advice given by the Working Group in its capacity as an advisory body to the Executive.

RESOLVED:(i) That the minutes of the Young People’s Working Group meeting held on 12 July 2007 be noted;

                        (ii) That any proposals for changing any constitutional arrangements be referred in the first instance to a Group Leaders’ Meeting.

REASON:      To fulfil the requirements of the Council’s Constitution in relation to the role of Working Groups.

Members received a report which presented the minutes of a recent meeting of the Young People’s Working Group and asked them to consider the advice given by the Working Group in its capacity as an advisory body to the Executive.

The report drew Members’ attention to the Working Group’s comments on the options for the selection of the Children’s and Young People’s Champion (minute 4), which had subsequently been considered by the Children’s Services EMAP (Executive Members & Advisory Panel) on 19 July 2007, when a decision on the matter was taken, and the Group’s comments regarding the transfer of the Connexions Service responsibilities to the Local Authority from April 2008 (minute 5), which would be considered by the Council when proposals for the management structure for the new service were received.

The Executive Member for Youth & Social Inclusion provided an update on progress with electing a new Children’s and Young People’s Champion and reported that the Executive Members for Children’s Services and Advisory Panel (EMAP) had confirmed their previous view that the Champion should not be an Executive or Shadow Executive Member.

Having considered the advice of the Shadow Executive, it was

RESOLVED:(i) That the minutes of the Young People’s Working Group meeting held on 12 July 2007 be noted;

                        (ii) That any proposals for changing any constitutional arrangements be referred in the first instance to a Group Leaders’ Meeting.

REASON:      To fulfil the requirements of the Council’s Constitution in relation to the role of Working Groups.