Agenda item

A report is received at every meeting that details any matters that may be outstanding.     

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Members noted that the matters arising with respect to Fiona Baker (the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Security Adviser) had not been actioned by Ms Baker. The Chairman stated that this should be followed through and that the update was still required.

Minute 48 in the Matters Arising report referenced some questions that Members wanted to ask the police. The police had been notified of the questions by the Portfolio Holder, but they were not in attendance at the meeting to respond. The Chairman stated that this matter should not be forgotten and that the questions should still be raised with the police when they attended the Committee next.

Minute 51 on the Matters Arising report was the matter concerning how the Communications Team could better support the Fly Tipping Action Plan initiatives. The Director for Environment & Public Protection reminded the Committee that an email update on this matter had been disseminated pre-meeting. It was a matter that had been taken up by the Chief Executive and assurances were provided that more communications support for the Fly Tipping Action Plan initiatives would be provided. Susie Clark from the Communications Team was in attendance on this occasion.

An update on the Dogs and Pest Control contract was provided and it was explained that while the relevant officer had been working on the report, additional information had come to light which meant that the update would now be moved to the June Committee.

A discussion took place concerning the updates and scam notices that were disseminated by the Trading Standards Team. A Member stated that these notices were not easy to share. She said that the notices were sent out in PDF form which made them difficult to deal with and to share with others. She asked if going forward the Trading Standards updates could be sent out as a JPEG or image file rather than a PDF. This was a matter that needed to be discussed with the Head of Trading Standards and Commercial Regulation.

A  Member commented that Trading Standards used visit places such as church halls and residents’ associations to speak to elderly people about scams. This was particularly important as many elderly residents were not using social media. She asked if this could be done again and what was the diary plan for doing so. Again, this was a matter that needed to be expanded upon by the Head of Trading Standards and Commercial Regulation. Susie Clark from the Communications Team said that she had recently been in attendance at a meeting of the Adult Safeguarding Board with the Head of Trading Standards and Commercial Regulation and it was stated there that he was now beginning to pick up this activity once more.

RESOLVED that:

1) A response to Matters Arising should be requested from Fiona Baker (Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Security Adviser).

2) Member questions due to be answered by the police at this meeting should be answered by the police at the June meeting.

3) The Dogs and Pest Control Contracts report would be presented to the Committee at the June or September meeting. 

4) The Head of Trading Standards and Commercial Regulation should look into the best way to disseminate updates from the Trading Standards Team in order that Members could share the updates without difficulty.