To receive a report on the Committees of the Council, their composition, membership and terms of reference for the 2016/17 Municipal Year.

The Chief Executive submitted a report inviting the Council to agree the Committees of the Council, their size, political composition, membership and terms of reference for the 2016/17 municipal year. In accordance with the provisions of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, the Chief Executive had been informed of the following political groups on the Council:

 

        Conservative Group          -     35 Members

        Labour Group                   -     25 Members

        Liberal Democrat Group    -       3 Members

         

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 2016/17 Municipal Year, as set out below, including the  appointment of Chairman (CH) and Vice-Chairman (V-CH) and notes the nominated Opposition Spokesperson (OS), where appropriate:

 

ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT COMMITTEE

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Chris Boyes	Jane Baugh	-
Jonathan Coupe CH	Barry Brotherton
Paul Lally V-CH	Tom Ross OS
Alan Mitchell

 

EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Mark Cawdrey	Joanne Bennett	-
Mrs. Pamela Dixon V-CH	Catherine Hynes  OS
Nathan Evans	David Jarman
Brian Rigby CH

 

 

        LICENSING COMMITTEE

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Stephen Anstee	Barry Brotherton	-
Dan Bunting	Anne Duffield
Mrs. Denise Haddad	Mike Freeman OS
Alan Mitchell V-CH	Philip Gratrix
Matthew Sephton	David Jarman
Mrs. June Reilly	Ejaz Malik
John Smith	Whit Stennett
Michael Whetton CH

 

PLANNING DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Dr. Karen Barclay	Philip Gratrix	Tony Fishwick
Daniel Bunting V-CH	Ejaz Malik
Nathan Evans	Dolores O’Sullivan
David Hopps	Laurence Walsh OS
Bernard Sharp	James Wright
John Smith
Mrs. Viv Ward CH
Substitute Members of the Planning Development Control Committee:
Rob Chilton	Whit Stennett	Mrs. Jane Brophy
Brian Rigby	Denise Western
Brian Shaw
Michael Whetton

         

STANDARDS COMMITTEE

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Dr. Karen Barclay  CH	Louise Dagnall	Ray Bowker
Miss Linda Blackburn	Mike Freeman
Chris Boyes	Kevin Procter V-CH
Mrs. Laura Evans	Andrew Western
Patrick Myers
Alex Williams

 

Non-Voting Co-optees (5)

 

2 Parish Representatives:   Mr. A. Rudden and 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

 

SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Chris Boyes	Karina Carter	Ray Bowker
Mrs. Pamela Dixon	Mike Cordingley V-CH
John Holden	Louise Dagnall
David Hopps	Denise Western
Matthew Sephton
Michael Young CH

 

Ex-Officio (Non-Voting Member): Chairman of Health Scrutiny Committee – Councillor Joanne Harding

 

Co-opted Members for Education Matters:

 

Church Representatives (Voting Members)

 

Church of England: Vacancy         

Roman Catholic: Sister P. Goodstadt       

 

Parent-Governor Representatives (Voting Members)

 

Primary: Ms Saadia Shearaz Khan

Secondary: Mrs. Judith Hanley                

Special: Ms Tora Rushby

 

Teacher Representatives (Non-Voting Members)

 

Primary: Mr. D. Kitchen

Secondary: Vacancy           

Special: Vacancy

 

HEALTH SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Mrs. Angela Bruer-Morris	Joanne Harding CH	Mrs. Jane Brophy
Mark Cawdrey	Kevin Procter
Mrs. Denise Haddad	Sophie Taylor
Alan Mitchell	Lawrence Walsh
Mrs. Viv Ward
Mrs. Patricia Young V-CH

 

Ex-Officio (Non-Voting Member): Chairman of Scrutiny Committee – Councillor Michael Young

 

HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARD

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Executive Members for:	LABOUR GROUP Shadow Executive Member (or Deputy) for:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP
Adult Social Services and Community Wellbeing  – Councillor Alex Williams	Adult Social Services and Community Wellbeing Deputy – Councillor Karina Carter	-
Children’s Services – Councillor Michael Hyman

 

Officer(s) and External Partners:

 

Corporate Director of Children, Families and Wellbeing

NHS England representative

Director of Public Health

Chief Accountable Clinical Officer NHS Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group

Chief Operating Officer NHS Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group

Chair of Health Watch

Third Sector representative

Independent Chair Children’s Local Safeguarding Board

Independent Chair Adult 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: (Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust; Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; and Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust)

 

(4)        That the Licensing Committee be recommended to appoint the membership of the Safety at Sports Grounds Sub-Committee, namely Councillors Nathan Evans (Chairman), Matthew Sephton (Vice-Chairman) and Andrew Western.

 

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

 

(6)        That the membership of the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee be approved as follows:

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Mrs. Angela Bruer-Morris	Joanne Harding	-
Mrs. Viv Ward	Sophie Taylor
Mrs. Patricia Young
Substitute Members of the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee:
Chris Boyes	Kevin Procter	-

 

(7)        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.