The Special General Licensing Committee is scheduled to convene on Friday, 26 September 2025, to discuss several agenda items. Key among these are matters related to Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver's Licences, specifically concerning individuals referred to as MSM and SU. Additionally, the committee will consider a resolution to exclude the public from certain parts of the meeting.

Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver's Licences

The committee is scheduled to discuss matters pertaining to Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Driver's Licences, relating to individuals named as MSM and SU. These discussions fall under the purview of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 and the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976. The report pack states that these items are listed as agenda items 4 and 5.

Exclusion of the Public

The committee is scheduled to consider excluding the public from the meeting during discussion of some items. According to the Public Reports Pack, this is because the items involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as set out in the Paragraphs listed below of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007 subject to the Public Interest Test (where appropriate) being applied.

The relevant paragraphs in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 are:

• Paragraph 12: Information relating to a particular individual.
• Paragraph 13: Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.

The Public Reports Pack includes the view of the Proper Officer (Monitoring Officer), Lucy Moore, on the public interest test, stating that to make this information public would disclose personal data relating to an individual in contravention of the principles of the Data Protection Act¹.