Issue - meetings

(1)       The Committee noted that the Alcohol Misuse Select Committee had started its hearings and was proposing to report to the Cabinet at its meeting on 3 December 2007.  The views expressed by the Communities POC that this Select Committee should also consider looking at the criminality aspect of alcohol misuse had been reported to the Policy Overview Co-ordinating Committee (POCC) as a potential issue which warranted for a further piece of work.  Attached to the report were the terms of reference and background information which had been agreed by the Select Committee looking at Alcohol Misuse.

(2)       The Committee noted the Topic Review Work Programme and the reviews which had been identified by the Policy Overview Co-ordinating Committee to take place during the period autumn 2007 to spring 2008.

(3)       The topic identified by the Committee on “Provision of Activities for Young People” remained in the Topic Review Programme and would be considered by the POCC when it next met in the autumn.

(4)       RESOLVED that the report be noted.