Transcript

Good afternoon, everybody. This is the cabinet member decision meeting. My name is Kevin Deenis. I'm the cabinet member for fire and rescue and resilience. So I'd like to welcome members, officers and members of the public, which I don't believe we do have any, but if they were here, I would welcome them. There are no fire drills expected, so in the event of a fire drill sound and everyone present is asked to leave by the nearest exit and assemble in the top car park, reporting to a member of the building management team. Please remind everybody that this meeting is being webcast live and is open to the public, though I do have the right to suspend filming if the need arises. So we can whip through most of it. So I have no declarations of interest. I don't believe there's any procedure matters, members' questions or public questions. So we'll get straight to agenda item 3, and this is to look at SOE's adoption of the charter for families of bereaved through public tragedy. And I'd like to welcome Tina, who is going to give a brief summary. I have obviously read the papers many, many times and have been involved in the process, so it can be a fairly brief summary. So, over to you, Tina. Thank you, Kevin. Surrey Fire and Rescue Service adopted the charter for families bereaved through public tragedy in February 2023. On the 7th of December 23, the Deputy Prime Minister signed the Hillsborough charter on behalf of the government. We now want the charter to become part of the culture of what it means to be a public servant in Surrey County Council. This charter represents a public pledge to ensure the pain and suffering of families affected by the Hillsborough tragedy is not repeated in future tragedies. Adopting this charter and honouring its principles will provide us with a framework to support bereaved families and the community in the aftermath of a major incident. It highlights our commitment to become more people-focused and to providing services that meet the needs of people before, during and after an incident, and being open to public scrutiny in the aftermath of events. Thank you. So, before I get to the recommendations, can I publicly thank you for your work on this? I know this has taken a lot of your time to get it through, and you've sort of kept going and going and going until we've got to today, so thank you for doing that. I have no questions, because I've read the papers back to front inside and outside, so I don't think there's any questions I can particularly ask you, I just want to thank you publicly. There is one recommendation from this, which is that the cabinet member approves the adoption of the charter for families bereaved through public tragedy for all Surrey County Council services, and I do so confirm that it's adopted. Now, I don't think we have anything else to do, so thank you to the Democratic Services for making sure we're on time, and being so professional, and Tina for the summary. I'll conclude the meeting. Thank you. [BLANK_AUDIO]