To receive a report on the Committees of the Council, their composition, membership and terms of reference for the remainder of the 2020/21 Municipal Year.

The Corporate Director of Governance and Community Strategy submitted a report inviting the Council to agree the Committees of the Council, their size, political composition, membership and terms of reference for the remainder of the 2020/21 Municipal Year.

 

In accordance with the provisions of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, the Chief Executive had been notified of the following political groups on the Council:

 

Labour Group                           -   35 Members

Conservative Group                  -   19 Members

Liberal Democrats Group          -    3 Members

Green Party Group                   -    3 Members

 

In addition, 1 member was not attached to any of the political groups.

 

The regulations provided for the composition of Committees to be in accordance with the political balance of the 63 Members of the Council.

 

        RESOLVED –

 

(1)        That the composition of the various standing Committees, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, be approved.

 

(2)        That the Terms of Reference for each Committee, as set out in Appendix 2 to the report, be approved.

 

(3)        That Council approves the membership of Committees for the remainder of the 2020/21 Municipal Year, as set out below, including the appointment of each Committee Chair (CH) and Vice-Chair (V-CH) and notes the nominated Opposition Spokesperson (OS), where appropriate:

 

ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP	GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
Barry Brotherton CH	Chris Boyes OS	-	Geraldine Coggins
Jayne Dillon	Nathan Evans
Judith Lloyd V-CH	Alan Mitchell
Rose Thompson
Barry Winstanley

 

NON-VOTING CO-OPTEE (1) – Mrs. Jeannie Platt

 

EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP	GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
David Acton	Chris Boyes	-	-
Akilah Akinola	John Holden
Joanne Bennett CH	Brian Rigby OS
Mike Cordingley
Rose Thompson
Amy Whyte V-CH
Substitute Members of Employment Committee:
1 vacancy	Sean Anstee	-	-

 

LICENSING COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP	GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
Barry Brotherton	Dan Bunting	Julian Newgrosh	Michael Welton
David Jarman CH	Dylan Butt OS
Steven Longden	Mrs. Claire Churchill
Adele New	John Holden
Whit Stennett	Patrick Myers
Sophie Taylor
Simon Thomas V-CH
Denise Western

 

PLANNING DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP	GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
Mike Cordingley	Dr. Karen Barclay	Meena Minnis	Daniel Jerrome
Ben Hartley V-CH	Thomas Carey
Kevin Procter	Dave Morgan
Whit Stennett	Brian Rigby OS
Simon Thomas
Aidan Williams CH
Barry Winstanley
Substitute Members of the Planning Development Control Committee:
David Acton	Nathan Evans	Julian Newgrosh	Michael Welton
Akilah Akinola	John Holden
vacancy

           

STANDARDS COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP	GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
Dr. Serena Carr	Miss Linda Blackburn V-CH	Julian Newgrosh	Geraldine Coggins
Karina Carter	Dylan Butt
Ben Hartley	Patrick Myers
David Jarman
Kevin Procter CH
Denise Western

 

Non-Voting Co-optees (5)

 

2 Parish Representatives:      Mr. A. Rudden and 1 vacancy

3 Independent Members:       Mr. D. Goodman, Mr. C. Griffiths and

                                               Mr. R. Brown

 

Independent Persons of the Hearing Panel (2)

(under Section 28 of the Localism Act 2011):         Ms. N. Jackson and

                                                                                Mr. M. Whiting

 

TRAFFORD PANDEMIC SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP	GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
David Acton1CH	Sean Anstee	Julian Newgrosh	Geraldine Coggins
Barry Brotherton	Dr. Karen Barclay3
Dr. Serena Carr	Miss Linda Blackburn
Judith Lloyd	John Holden
Steven Longden	John Lamb2V-CH
Rose Thompson	Brian Shaw
Denise Western4
Amy Whyte
Barry Winstanley

 

Chair and Vice-Chairs of the temporally suspended Scrutiny Committees

 

1    Scrutiny Committee Chair

2       Scrutiny Committee Vice-Chair

3       Health Scrutiny Committee Chair

       Health Scrutiny Committee Vice-Chair – Councillor Sophie Taylor

4       Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Committee Chair

       Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Committee Vice-Chair – Councillor             Thomas Carey

 

 

CO-OPTED MEMBERS FOR EDUCATION MATTERS:

 

Church Representatives (Voting Members) (2)

 

Church of England: Vacancy    

Roman Catholic: Sister P. Goodstadt   

 

Parent-Governor Representatives (Voting Members) (3)

 

Primary: Vacancy

Secondary: Vacancy                 

Special: Vacancy

 

Teacher Representatives (Non-Voting Members) (3)

 

Primary: Vacancy

Secondary: Vacancy                 

Special: Vacancy

 

(4)        That, whilst Committee and Sub-meetings shall continue to be held virtually, as from 1 January 2021, all meetings will commence as set out in the Constitution.

 

(5)        That the Council approves the terms of reference of the Licensing Sub-Committees and appoints their membership, as follows:

 

PUBLIC PROTECTION SUB-COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP	GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
Barry Brotherton	Dan Bunting	-	Michael Welton
David Jarman CH	Dylan Butt OS
Sophie Taylor	Mrs. Claire Churchill
Simon Thomas V-CH
1 appointment to be confirmed

 

[5 Substitutes: Councillors John Holden, Steven Longden, Patrick Myers, Adele New, and Whit Stennett.]

 

LICENSING SUB-COMMITTEE

 

Membership to be drawn from all members of the Licensing Committee.   Order of priority for Chairing a meeting applies when more than one of the appointed chairs is a member of the same Sub-Committee.
CHAIRS	ORDER OF PRIORITY
Councillors:
David Jarman	1	Chair of Licensing
Simon Thomas	2	Vice-Chair of Licensing
Dylan Butt	3	Opposition Spokesperson
Barry Brotherton	4	Member of Licensing
to be confirmed	5	Member of Licensing

 

SAFETY AT SPORTS GROUNDS SUB-COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP	GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
Kevin Procter V-CH	John Holden	-	-
Amy Whyte CH

 

(6)        That the Appointments and Appeals Panel be formally appointed and its membership be drawn from all Members of the Council.

 

(7)        That the Council appoints to the Health and Wellbeing Board, as set out below and the Board be recommended to endorse the Council’s Membership:

 

HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARD

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP	GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing and Equalities	Shadow Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing and Equalities	Jane Brophy	-
Executive Member for Adult Social Care
Executive Member for Children’s Services

            Officer(s) and External Partners:

 

·          NHS Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group (3 representatives: Chair,             Chief Operating Officer and Clinical Director/Representative)

·          Chair of Health Watch

·          Third Sector (2 representatives)

·          Independent Chair Local Safeguarding Board

·          Chair of the Safer Trafford Partnership - GMP

·          Chair of the Trafford Sports and Physical Activity Partnership

·          Chief Executive Officers of health care providers (2): (Manchester         University NHS Foundation Trust and Greater Manchester West     Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust)

·          Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Representative

·          Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partner Representative

 

(8)        That the Council delegate to the Chief Executive, in accordance with the written request of the relevant Group Leader, the power and authority to change the membership of committees and sub-committees as may be needed from time to time.