Issue - meetings

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

RESOLVED: That the minutes of the Social Inclusion Working Group be noted and that the specific recommendations made by the Group in their Minute 43, as set out in paragraph 6 of the report be approved.

REASON:      In accordance with the requirements of the Council’s Constitution regarding the role of Working Groups, and in order to take account of the Group’s advice.

Members considered a report which presented the draft minutes of the meeting of the Social Inclusion Working Group (SIWG) held on 11 March 2009 and asked them to consider the advice given by the Group in its capacity as an advisory body to the Executive.

Members were asked to consider in particular the following recommendation in Minute 43 of the draft minutes attached at Annex A to the report, relating to improvements at York Railway Station:

“That the Executive be requested to give full consideration to the issues raised by SIWG in respect of the proposed changes to the station and to the Equality Impact Assessment when this was submitted by National Express.” ¹

Attention was also drawn to the Group’s advice in respect of the Democratic Services Equality Impact Assessment, contained in Minute 40.

RESOLVED: That the minutes of the Social Inclusion Working Group be noted and that the specific recommendations made by the Group in their Minute 43, as set out in paragraph 6 of the report be approved.¹

REASON:      In accordance with the requirements of the Council’s Constitution regarding the role of Working Group’s, and in order to take account of the Group’s advice.