Issue - meetings

To consider the report.

Following consideration of the officer report, appendices and discussion, the Executive agreed:

a.     The establishment of the Somerset Strategic Migration Board as a strategic internal partnership body with member representation and endorsed the Terms of Reference.

b.    To delegate to the Monitoring Officer to confirm the 2nd Member to sit on this Board, and to include this in the next outside bodies, internal and external report.

c.     To nominate Cllr Fran Smith, Associate Lead Member for Adult Social Care and Housing, to fulfil the role of Chair.

The Leader of the Council, Cllr Bill Revans, introduced the report; highlighting the increasing number of displaced people because of travels in other parts of the world that are seeking Refuge in this country and the commitment made to support people who are in that position; that the Somerset Migration Board will be responsible for leading Somerset’s multi-agency welcome and response to those who have been globally displaced and find themselves living in Somerset.

The Service Director – Housing, Chris Brown, further added to the above points, highlighting; the Somerset Strategic Migration Board is to be a forward thinking, strategic framework for Somerset’s response to Government on migration coordinating a multi agency response as one voice in the Somerset area.

The Leader of the Council, Cllr Bill Revans, invited comments from other Members present, there were no questions and points raised.

Having been duly proposed by the Deputy Leader and Lead Member for Resources and Performance, Cllr Liz Leyshon and seconded by the Lead Member for Children, Families and Education, Cllr Heather Shearer,  the Executive unanimously agreed to delete amend recommendation b ‘To nominate up to 2 members to sit on this Board’ to:

‘To delegate to the Monitoring Officer to confirm the 2nd Member to sit on this Board, and to include this in the next outside bodies, internal and external report’.

The Executive proceeded to vote on the recommendations, which were agreed unanimously.???

Following consideration of the officer report, appendices and discussion, the Executive:????

a.        The establishment of the Somerset Strategic Migration Board as a strategic internal partnership body with member representation and endorsed the Terms of Reference.

b.        To delegate to the Monitoring Officer to confirm the 2nd Member to sit on this Board, and to include this in the next outside bodies, internal and external report.

c.        To nominate Cllr Fran Smith, Associate Lead Member for Adult Social Care and Housing, to fulfil the role of Chair.

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED: As set out in the officer report.??

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REASON FOR DECISION: As set out in the officer report.?