Agenda and minutes

Members to note any apologies.

An apology for absence from the meeting was received from Councillor Dennis Meredith.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 19January 2012.

The minutes of the meeting held on 19 January 2012 were approved and signed by the Chair.

The Chair to note public address requests.

The public can speak on any agenda item for a maximum of three minutes per speaker per item.  You are not required to register your intention to speak in advance but should arrive at the meeting a few minutes early, complete a Public Address Protocol and notify the Scrutiny Officer of your intention to speak

There were none.

There were none.

The Scrutiny Panel to consider the Chair’s draft report and include further conclusions and recommendations as appropriate. Report to follow.

The Scrutiny Panel considered the Chair’s draft report.

The main points of discussion were as follows: -

·             That the inclusion of details of intervention needed to be incorporated into the management of the hate crime process, as intervention details would not be known at reporting stage.

·             The Hate Crime Champion should be included in the reporting process and the approach to Partners concerning the most effective way of ensuring hate crime reporting across Agencies.

·             Annual refresher training on Hate Crime should be for relevant frontline staff only.

·             The draft recommendation on the issues regarding taxis and private hire vehicles is an operational matter and therefore will be pursued by officers

AGREED

(1) That the recommendations of the final report be confirmed as attached as Annex 1 to the minutes.

(2) That the report of Scrutiny Panel 1 (Hate Crime) be presented to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee at its meeting on 26^th March 2012.   The report will then be presented to Cabinet at its meeting on 9^th May 2012.