To establish Sub-Committees for the 2015-16 Council Year to deal with the casework flowing from the Committee’s own responsibilities.

Recommendations: The Committee is RECOMMENDED to:-

1.    establish a Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Licensing Sub-Committee for the Council Year 2015-16, agree its powers and duties and appoint members to it on the basis of political balance;

2.    establish a Licensing and Registration Sub-Committee for the Council Year 2015-16, agree its powers and duties and appoint members to it on the basis of political balance;

3.    agree that substitution is permitted on the two sub-committees but that substitutes must be from the Committee itself.

The Head of Law and Governance submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) that established Sub-Committees for the 2014-15 Council Year; to deal with the casework flowing from the Committee’s own responsibilities.

The Committee resolved to:

1.    Establish a Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Licensing Sub-Committee for the Council Year 2015-16, agree its powers and duties, to appoint Cllrs Clarkson, Cook and Royce to it on the basis of political balance and that the meetings of the Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Licensing Sub-Committee would begin at 5.00 pm, with the exception of the meeting to be held on 1 June 2015 which would start at 5.30pm;

2.    Establish a Licensing and Registration Sub-Committee for the Council Year 2015-16, agree its powers and duties, to appoint Cllrs Clarkson, Coulter, Royce and Wolff to it on the basis of political balance and that the meetings of the Licensing and Registration Licensing Sub-Committee would begin at 5.00 pm;

3.    Agree that substitution is permitted on the two sub-committees but that substitutes must be from the General Purposes Committee itself.