PAPER A

POLICY COMMISSION MEETING

Meeting	Policy Commission for Safer Communities
Ref	Saf.PC.02/11/06
Date	2 November 2006
Time	18.00hrs
Place	Committee Room 1, County Hall, Newport
Purpose of meeting	Formal public meeting
Attendance	Commission	Cllrs David Williams (Chair); Vanessa Churchman; Diana Tuson; Heather Humby; Susan Scoccia; Arthur Taylor; Henry Adams
	Cabinet	Cllr Jilly Wood
	Secretariat
	Officers	Miss April West
	Other Members	Cllrs David Whittaker; Mike Cunningham
	Stake holders / Experts	Mr Rob Owen
	Apologies	Cllrs Barry Abraham; Alan Wells; David Pugh
Agenda Items
1. To agree the evidence arising at the meeting held on 07/09/06 (Paper A)	The notes of the previous meeting were agreed.
2. Declarations of interest	There were no declarations of interest.
3. To receive evidence on the Corporate Enforcement enquiry (Saf 4.05) from Mr Rob Owen, Head of Consumer Protection	1. Cllr Williams expressed his thanks to the officers who had facilitated the corporate enforcement workshop which had taken place on 17 October 2006, and to those who had assisted in making the day so helpful. 2. Rob Owen gave feedback on the outcomes from the corporate enforcement workshop by way of a written report, and the following outcomes for inclusion in the draft Blue Paper were agreed: · The four block approach appeared to be supported. · That enforcement must be consistent. · There is a benefit in having GIS systems which talk to each other, and moving towards having a corporate system. · The sharing of information is essential. · Joint training would be useful, perhaps by giving more status to the Prosecutors Forum. 3. The Single Non Emergency Number (SNEN) was also discussed, and it was suggested that as Environmental Crime was one of the four blocks, this block may be able to pick up SNEN type issues.
Action	1. Finalise visits to other authorities. 2. Produce first draft of Blue Paper		Overview and Scrutiny Team Rob Owen