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Reference from Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Petition

 

 

Meeting: 09/05/2017 - Cabinet (Item 4)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

The report provided details of a petition received and referred to the Cabinet for consideration.  The petition entitled ‘Petition for the Council to provide shelter and food for homeless people’ was referred to the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 13 April 2017. The comments of the Committee were set out in paragraph 3.6 of the report including details of the Committee’s decision to refer the petition to Cabinet for consideration.

 

The report set out Director’s comments in response to the comments raised by the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out in paragraphs 3.7-3.12 of the report.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

The Cabinet noted the report and the comments from the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

The Cabinet recognised the scale of the ongoing work being done by the Council to co-ordinate and improve the overall quality of the service provided by all agencies, public and voluntary, to the street homeless.  

 

Reasons:

 

This petition has been referred to the Cabinet in accordance with Overview & Scrutiny’s powers as set out in the Petitions Scheme.