Here is a summary of the scheduled discussions for the Licensing and Regulatory Subcommittee meeting. The meeting was scheduled to begin with the election of a chair, followed by disclosure of member's interests. Councillors were then expected to consider excluding the press and public to discuss an application for a private hire driver's licence.

Application for Private Hire Driver's Licence

The subcommittee was scheduled to consider an application for a private hire driver's licence. The report pack for the meeting notes that the press and public would be excluded from the discussion of this item because it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the 1972 Act . The reason given for this exclusion was:

The public interest in maintaining this exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure because of any information relating to any individual

Disclosure of Interests

Councillors David Lee Bawn, Les Bowman, Trevor Cessford and Barry Elliott were reminded of the need to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests¹ or other registerable interests that they might have in relation to the items on the agenda. They were also reminded of the procedure for declaring such interests, which involves completing a form and passing it to the Democratic Services Officer, Melanie Bulman.