Agenda item

The Chair asked Mark to introduce the update.

Mark said that, in view of the time, he would just take questions.

·       Members thanked Rachel Phelps and the team for delivering an excellent knife-crime conference and also Ellie Greenwood and Rebecca Johnson for the Licensing Leadership Essentials course.

·       The Board’s champion for tackling modern slavery, Councillor Alan Rhodes, said that he was due to meet with the Commissioner, Dame Sara Thornton, following the Board meeting.

·       The Chair and other members expressed concern that the Serious Violence Task Force, chaired by the Home Secretary, hadn’t met for 14 months.

·       The Anti-Social Behaviour Awareness Week at the end of March was flagged up to members.

Decision

Board members noted the update.