To receive and if so determined, to approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 21^st September 2017.

RESOLVED: That the minutes of the Public Protection Sub-Committee meeting held on 21st September 2017 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

To consider a report of the Head of Regulatory Services.

(Note: Councillor Bunting declared a personal interest as he was a volunteer fire marshall at the bonfire.)

The Head of Regulatory Services submitted a report requesting Members to consider an application for a street collection permit from Urmston Lions Community Bonfire Committee which fell outside the agreed Street Collection Policy.

The Licensing Team Leader informed the Sub-Committee that a request had been received to issue a permit for a charitable street collection on Saturday 4^th November at the bonfire at Abbotsfield Park, Flixton.

The Sub-Committee was informed that a street collection permit had already been granted for the Urmston area on 4^th November for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal and a historic dispensation has been given to the Poppy Appeal to collect for two weeks throughout the borough.

The Street Collection Policy clearly states only one permit per area of the borough per calendar year per charitable organisation unless by dispensation of the Sub-Committee.

RESOLVED: That a Street Collection permit be granted for Urmston Lions Community Bonfire Committee for Saturday 4^th November for Chassen Road between the hours of 5.30pm and 8.30pm.

Motion (Which may be amended as Members think fit):

That the public be excluded from this meeting during consideration of the remaining items on the agenda, because of the likelihood of disclosure of “exempt information” which falls within one or more descriptive category or categories of the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A, as amended by The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006, and specified on the agenda item or report relating to each such item respectively.

RESOLVED: That the public be excluded from this meeting during consideration of the following items on the agenda because of the likelihood of disclosure of “exempt information” which falls within one or more descriptive category or categories of the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A, as specified.

To consider a report of the Head of Regulatory Services.

The Head of Regulatory Services submitted a report requesting Members to consider the fitness of a Hackney Carriage driver following his involvement in a fatal accident.

The driver attended the meeting to enable Members to give the matter their full consideration.

The driver provided the Sub-Committee with an outline of what he said were the circumstances of the offence and also answered questions from Sub-Committee members.

The Sub-Committee were informed that he had already provided his driver’s badges to the Licensing team.

The Sub-Committee considered that he had pleaded guilty to a serious offence of causing death by careless driving which occurred in January 2017, whilst he was driving his taxi.  This brought the Sub-Committee to the conclusion that he was not a fit and proper person to hold a Private Hire Driver’s Licence

RESOLVED: That Mr H. S’ Hackney Carriage driver’s licence be revoked.