To receive a report on the Committees of the Council, their composition, membership and terms of reference for the 2017/18 Municipal Year.

The Director of Legal and Democratic Services submitted a report inviting the Council to agree the Committees of the Council, their size, political composition, membership and terms of reference for the 2017/18 Municipal Year.

 

In accordance with the provisions of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, the Chief Executive had been notified of the political groups on the Council, as set out below, and that 1 member was not attached to any group:

 

Conservative Group                  -   34 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 2017/18 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 V-CH	Jane Baugh	-
Nathan Evans CH	Barry Brotherton OS
Paul Lally	James Wright
Alan Mitchell

 

EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE

 

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

 

LICENSING COMMITTEE

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Dan Bunting	Barry Brotherton	-
Mark Cawdrey	Anne Duffield
Mike Cornes CH	Mike Freeman OS
Mrs. Denise Haddad	Philip Gratrix
John Holden V-CH	David Jarman
Michael Hyman	Ejaz Malik
Bernard Sharp	Whit Stennett
John Smith

 

PLANNING DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE

 

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

         

STANDARDS COMMITTEE

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Dr. Karen Barclay CH	Karina Carter	Ray Bowker
Miss Linda Blackburn	Mike Freeman
David Hopps	Kevin Procter V-CH
Mrs. Laura Evans	Andrew Western
Patrick Myers
Michael Whetton

 

Non-Voting Co-optees (5)

 

2 Parish Representatives: Mr. A. Rudden and Mr. S. Neild

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	Denise Western
Michael Hyman	Amy Whyte
Alan Mitchell
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: Vacancy           

Special: Vacancy

 

Teacher Representatives (Non-Voting Members)

 

Primary: Vacancy

Secondary: Vacancy           

Special: Vacancy

 

HEALTH SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

CONSERVATIVE GROUP Councillors:	LABOUR GROUP Councillors:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP Councillors:
Miss Linda Blackburn	Joanne Harding CH	Mrs. Jane Brophy
Mrs. Angela Bruer-Morris	Judith Lloyd
Robert Chilton	Kevin Procter
Mrs. Denise Haddad	Sophie Taylor
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 for:	LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GROUP
Health and Wellbeing (Councillor Lamb)	Health and Wellbeing (Councillor Lloyd)	-
Adult Social Care (Councillor Stephen Anstee)
Children and Families (Councillor Whetton)

 

          Officer(s) and External Partners:

 

·          Corporate Director of Children, Families and Wellbeing

•     Director of Public Health

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

•     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 (4): (Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust; Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust)

•     Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Representative

•     Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partner Representative (to be confirmed)

 

(4)        That the Licensing Committee be recommended to appoint the membership of the Safety at Sports Grounds Sub-Committee, namely Councillors Mark Cawdrey (Chairman), Brian Rigby (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	-
Robert Chilton	Judith Lloyd
Mrs. Patricia Young
Substitute Members of the Joint Health Scrutiny Committee:
Mrs. Viv Ward	Sophie Taylor	-

 

(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.