Agenda item

To agree the public minutes of the meeting held on 26 October 2016.

The public minutes of the meeting held on 26 October 2016 were considered and approved as a correct record.

MATTERS ARISING

Licensing Act 2003: Review of Statement of Licensing Policy (page 2) – The Town Clerk reported that the January 2017 meeting of the Court of Common Council had now formally approved the revised Statement of Licensing Policy put forward by the Committee.

Interim Report on Police Spend of Late Night Levy – The Deputy Chairman questioned why the Police didn’t utilise the CCTV vehicles already owned by the City when looking to tackle violent crime. The City of London Police reported that a new Chairman of the City’s Violent Crime Steering Group had recently been appointed and that this matter had already been raised with him. The Police were keen to take a holistic view on this in terms of counter terrorism efforts as well as tackling violent crime and other objectives. It was recognised that this would be a complex project and that the size of vehicle and other aspects would need to be scoped out but the Committee were assured that Levy funds had already been earmarked to progress this and that the concept was well supported.

Tackling Violent Crime (page 5) - In response to a question, the Chairman reported that a further item regarding violent crime in the City would now feature on the agenda for the next Licensing Committee meeting to enable more detailed discussion around the issues previously raised by the City of London Police.