Agenda and minutes

Children, Education & Safeguarding Committee - Wednesday 18th May, 2016 7.00 pm

Venue: Hendon Town Hall, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BQ

Contact: Edward Gilbert 020 8359 3469 Email: edward.gilbert@barnet.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
1.	MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING PDF 114 KB Minutes: RESOLVED – The minutes of the meeting held on 23^rd March 2016 were agreed as a correct record.
2.	ABSENCE OF MEMBERS Minutes: Apologies of absence were received from Co-opted members Denis Carey, Darren Warrington and Simon Clifford.
3.	DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS AND NON-PECUNIARY INTERESTS Minutes: None.
4.	REPORT OF THE MONITORING OFFICER (IF ANY) Minutes: None.
5.	PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS (IF ANY) Minutes: None.
6.	MEMBERS' ITEMS (IF ANY) Minutes: None.
7.	The achievements and campaigns of Barnet's 2015/16 UK Youth Parliament members PDF 233 KB Additional documents: Appendix A - Outgoing UK Youth Parliament members , item 7. PDF 73 KB Appendix B - Current UK Youth Parliament members , item 7. PDF 80 KB Minutes: The Commissioning Director, Children and Young People, introduced the report which related to comments made by outgoing and incoming Youth Parliament Members in the borough. The Chairman welcomed outgoing members to share their experiences about the campaigns they had championed during their time of being a Youth Parliament Member. The committee then heard from incoming Youth Parliament members regarding what their campaigns for the forthcoming year would be. The Chairman and committee encouraged those members to work closely with the council during their time of office in order to support their campaigns. Following discussion of the item, the Chairman moved to the recommendations outlined in the cover report. The committee unanimously agreed the recommendations, and the following was therefore RESOLVED: - That the Committee noted the report on the progression of the existing UK Youth Parliament members and recognised the campaigns of the new UK Youth Parliament members as laid out in the appendices.
8.	Presentation: Exposure - Domestic Abuse Minutes: Councillor Hutton introduced the presentation, which related to a local campaign, run by Exposure, which raises awareness of domestic abuse. Note: the video presented to the committee can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76YnazElIY0
9.	Opposition Motion in the name of Cllr Anne Hutton from Full Council: Cuts to Schools and the National Funding Formula PDF 264 KB Minutes: The committee noted that the item would be deferred to its next meeting.
10.	Report of the Barnet Youth Assembly PDF 292 KB Minutes: Members of the Barnet Youth Assembly introduced the report, and spoke to the motions that they had discussed and voted on at their meetings. Following discussion of the item, the Chairman moved to the recommendations outlined in the cover report. The committee unanimously agreed the recommendations, and the following was therefore RESOLVED: 1. The committee noted the report. 2. The committee commented on the priorities of the Youth Assembly and considered the key issues affecting young people as laid out at 1.6 of the report. 3. The committee approved and noted the officer proposals and responses to the priorities highlighted at 1.6 of the report.
11.	CHILDREN, EDUCATION, LIBRARIES & SAFEGUARDING COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME PDF 213 KB Minutes: The Chairman introduced the committee’s work programme for the forthcoming year. The committee unanimously noted the work programme.
12.	ANY OTHER ITEM(S) THAT THE CHAIRMAN DECIDES ARE URGENT Minutes: None.