This meeting of the Licensing Sub-Committee was scheduled to discuss complaints against a private hire operator and a taxi driver, but the reports relating to the complaints were not made available to the public.

The Sub-Committee's procedure when hearing complaints about Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicles was included for discussion. ¹ This document describes the procedure the Sub-Committee follows from start to finish. The document describes how if the complainant or licensee is not present the committee will decide whether to proceed or defer on notice . It also explains that:

Only in exceptional circumstances will the Committee take account of additional late documentary or other information and will be at the discretion of the Chair and on notice to all the other parties. No new representations will be allowed at the hearing.

The Sub-Committee were also scheduled to consider whether to exclude members of the press and public for the remaining items on the agenda because they related to information relating to any individual , information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual and information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person . The reports relating to these items were not made publicly available.