Purpose

To seek the Committees’ consideration to establishing a Task & Finish Group as proposed at the Member workshop.

Decision

(a)     That the Committee support the establishment of a Task & Finish Group to review the discretionary element of the School Transport Policy, as shown in the Terms of Reference in Appendix 1 of the report;

(b)     That Councillors: Bill Crease, Fran Lister, Andrew Parkhurst and Carolyn Preece be nominated as Members of the Committee to sit on the Task & Finish Group; and

(c)     That the Member who had submitted the original Notice of Motion to County Council on 4th December seeking a review of the Council’s current School Transport Policy be invited to sit on the Task & Finish Group.