Agenda item

Member Champions of the Board fed-back their recent work during item five:

Member Champions for Licensing had attended a meeting of BACTA, the trade body for amusement arcades. Members reported that BACTA are pleased about the reduction in Fixed-Odd Betting terminal (FOBT) stakes, but feel there are similar products on the market they felt would be appropriate for regulation and campaigns.

Members discussed the impending Councillors’ guide to tackle Modern Slavery.  The member Champion to Tackle Modern Slavery also updated members that is still no Independent Commissioner in post, and also noted that he would be meeting with Vernon Coaker MP, Chair of the APPG on Modern Slavery.  The Member Champion concluded by thanking officers for the recent conference that took place at the LGA – making specific reference to paragraph 12 in the Update Paper. 

Members questioned if there had been any further news or assurances around future funding of the National FGM Centre.  Deputy-Chair Cllr Anita Lower, Member Champion to Tackle FGM stated there had been no assurances from the government yet, but ideas are being formulated by Sarah Champion MP. 

Members, Deputy-Chair Cllr Dalton, and the Chair, all welcomed the announcement that Just Eat will now include the official Food Hygiene Rating of each of its UK restaurant partners. 

The Member Champion for Water Safety thanked officers for their submission into the MCA review, as well as officer’s work to get incident data released by the Home Office.

Action

1. Members noted the update.