To receive a report on the Committees of the Council, their composition, membership and terms of reference for the 2023/24 Municipal Year.

The Director of Legal and Governance submitted a report inviting the Council to agree the Committees of the Council, their size, political composition, membership and terms of reference for the 2023/24 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                           -   41 Members

Conservative Group                  -   10 Members

Liberal Democrats Group          -    6 Members

Green Party Group                    -    6 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 Standing Committees and their composition, 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 2023/24 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 DEMOCRATS GROUP	GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
Jill Axford	Michael Whetton OS	Jane Brophy	Dan Jerrome
Olly Baskerville
Barry Brotherton CH
Ged Carter Mike Cordingley
Judith Lloyd V-CH

 

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

 

EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP	LIBERAL DEMOCRATS GROUP	GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
David Acton	Shengke Zhi OS	Shaun Ennis	Jane Leicester
Bilal Babar
Joanne Bennett CH
Fianna Hornby V-CH
Will Jones
Amy Whyte
Substitute Members of Employment Committee:
1 vacancy	1 vacancy	-	-

 

LICENSING COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP	LIBERAL DEMOCRATS GROUP	GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
Barry Brotherton	John Holden OS	Jane Brophy	Hannah Spencer
Sarah Haughey	Michael Taylor	Julian Newgrosh	Michael Welton
Emma Hirst
David Jarman CH
Judith Lloyd
Adele New
Kevin Procter
Sophie Taylor
Simon Thomas V-CH

 

PLANNING DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP			LIBERAL DEMOCRATS GROUP			GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:			Councillors:			Councillors:
Bilal Babar	Phil Eckersley OS			Meena Minnis			Michael Whelton
Mike Cordingley	Michael Taylor
Zak Deakin
Waseem Hassan
Sue Maitland
Tony O’Brien
Shirley Procter
Laurence Walsh V-CH
Barry Winstanley CH
Substitute Members of the Planning Development Control Committee:
David Acton	Nathan Evans			Jane Brophy			Jane Leicester
Jill Axford
Kevin Procter
Simon Thomas

 

STANDARDS COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP

CONSERVATIVE GROUP

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS GROUP

GREEN PARTY GROUP

Councillors:

Councillors:

Councillors:

Councillors:

Shona Gilbert

Phil Eckersley

Will Frass

Hannah Spencer

Waseem Hassan

Shengke Zhi V-CH

Fianna Hornby

Adele New

Eve Parker

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

 

SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP	LIBERAL DEMOCRATS GROUP	GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
David Acton CH	Michael WhettonV-CH	Will Frass	Geraldine Coggins
Jill Axford	Michael Taylor
Ged Carter
David Jarman
Will Jones
Laurence Walsh
Barry Winstanley

 

Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Member (2)

 

Chair of Health Scrutiny Committee – Councillor Dylan Butt

Chair of Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Committee – Councillor Denise Western

 

HEALTH SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP		LIBERAL DEMOCRATS GROUP		GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:		Councillors:		Councillors:
Jill Axford	Dylan Butt CH		Simon Lepori		Jane Leicester
Shona Gilbert	Kaushik Chakraborty
Ben Hartley
Judith Lloyd
Sue Maitland
Tony O’Brien
Sophie Taylor V-CH

 

Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Member (2)

 

Chair of Scrutiny Committee – Councillor David Acton

Chair of Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Committee – Councillor Denise Western

 

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP		LIBERAL DEMOCRATS GROUP		GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:		Councillors:		Councillors:
Joanne Bennett	Rob Duncan V-CH		Shaun Ennis		Owain Sutton
Zak Deakin	Rupali Paul
Sarah Haughey
Emma Hirst
Eve Parker
Shirley Procter
Denise Western CH

 

Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Member (2)

 

Chair of Scrutiny Committee – Councillor David Acton

Chair of Health Scrutiny Committee – Councillor Dylan Butt

 

CO-OPTED MEMBERS FOR EDUCATION MATTERS:

 

Church Representatives (Voting Members) (2)

 

Church of England:vacancy     

Roman Catholic:vacancy         

 

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 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 DEMOCRATS GROUP			GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:			Councillors:			Councillors:
Barry Brotherton		John Holden OS			Julian Newgrosh			Hannah Spencer
Sarah Haughey
Emma Hirst
David Jarman CH
Sophie Taylor
Simon Thomas V-CH

 

[6 Substitutes: Councillors Judith Lloyd, Adele New, Kevin Procter, Michael Taylor, Jane Brophy and Michael Welton.]

 

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
John Holden	3	Opposition Spokesperson
Barry Brotherton	4	Member of Licensing
Sophie Taylor	5	Member of Licensing

 

SAFETY AT SPORTS GROUNDS SUB-COMMITTEE

 

LABOUR GROUP	CONSERVATIVE GROUP		LIBERAL DEMOCRATS GROUP		GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:		Councillors:		Councillors:
Simon Thomas CH	John Holden		-		-
Olly Baskerville V-CH

 

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

 

(6)       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 DEMOCRATS GROUP	GREEN PARTY GROUP
Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:	Councillors:
Executive Member for Health and Care	Shadow Executive Member for Health and Care	Jane Brophy	-
Executive Member for Children and Young People
Executive Member for Communities and Safety

            Officer(s) and External Partners:

 

·      Corporate Director of Children’s Services

·      Corporate Director of Adult Services

·      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 (2 representatives)

·      Independent Chair Local Safeguarding Board

·      Chair of the Safer Trafford Partnership – Greater Manchester Police

·      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

 

(7)       That the Council delegates 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.