Issue - meetings

(1)      Mrs Allen in presenting these Minutes drew Members attention to their role as Corporate Parents and recommended Members use the Minutes of the Children’s Champions Board to keep themselves informed.  She reported that she had attended an excellent conference on Safeguarding Children.  Mrs Allen stated that arrangements were being made for Members to meet with young people. 

(2)      Mr Badman reported that following a visit by Beverley Hughes to the County Council, it was anticipated that the new White Paper would announce that Looked After Children should be placed in their own local authority area as a first choice and that any placement outside of the local authority area would need to be justified on medical or extreme need grounds.  This was good news for this authority and he commended the work of his colleagues, Paul Brightwell and Kate Weiss in helping to secure this.

(3)       RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 26 September 2007 are correctly recorded and that they be signed by the Chairman.