Issue - meetings

(1)       Members received a report on the progress of the Select Committee on Alcohol Mis-use and the Select Committee Work Programme for 2007-2008 and potential two year programme.

(2)       The Democratic Service Officer gave an update on the decisions made at a meeting of the Policy Overview Co-ordinating Committee (POCC) held on 5 November 2007 as follows:-

·        Members of the Committee noted that it was agreed that the Alcohol Mis-use Select Committee would have a short extension of time to allow the draft report to be shared with the many external agencies before the report was put in the public domain;

·        All three topics in the Review Programme for Autumn 2007 to Spring 2008; Accessing Democracy, Vulnerable Children and Access to Healthcare were agreed;

·        The potential topics for the two year programme detailed in the POCC report in paragraph 3 (1) (i)-(iii) would be removed from the Review Programme unless these topics were still current and relevant, a bid for these to remain should be made to the meeting of the POCC on 14 February 2008; and

·        The potential topic of “Provision of Activities for Young People”, which would be owned by this Policy Overview Committee, would be considered further at the POCC February 2008 meeting with an updated assessment form.

(3)       The Committee Members were encouraged by the Democratic Services Officer to put forward any suggestions of Topic Reviews. 

(4)       RESOLVED that the progress of the Select Committee for Alcohol Abuse and the update on the Select Committee Topic Review Work Programme be noted.