Agenda item

          The Council considered the reports of the following Boards in the period since the meeting of Council on 4 February 2015:-

·       Children, Young People and Families;

·       Employment, Learning, Skills and Community;

·       Health;

·       Safer;

·       Environment and Urban Renewal;

·       Corporate; and

·       Business Efficiency.

In considering the minutes, the following observations were made:-

·         Councillor Gilligan reminded all PPB Chairs that the cross-PPB Topic Group on Fees and Charges would be meeting again in June;

·         Councillor Roberts reported on the complimentary comments he had received from the Council’s external Auditors, Grant Thornton and thanked Officers for their work on providing training to Members of the Business Efficiency Board throughout the year; and

·         Councillor Thompson highlighted the forthcoming Topic Group of the Safer PPB, looking at the emergence of new psychoactive substances (legal highs).