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Renfrewshire Licensing Forum
28 Feb 2022 - 14:00 to 16:00
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Agenda

Agenda
Notification
Committee Members
Standard Items
Membership
C Cardosi; C Dickson; M Dymond; F Hewitt; S McLean; J McSorley P Pieraccini; D Reid; I Robertson.
 
Recording of Meeting
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Prior to the commencement of the meeting members were advised that this meeting of the Policy Board would be recorded and would be available to view on the Council's website.
Items Of Business
Apologies
Apologies from members.
Declarations of Interest
Members are asked to declare an interest in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest.
There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.
1 Election of Convener
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It was noted that in terms of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 a Forum, at its first meeting each calendar year, must elect one of its members to be Convener. M Dymond, seconded by P Pieraccini proposed that J McSorley be appointed as Convener. This was agreed unanimously. Mr McSorley assumed the chair at this point.
Minute of previous meeting held on 4 October 2021.
2a
There was submitted the Minute of the previous meeting of the Renfrewshire Licensing Forum held on 4 October 2021.
 
DECIDED: That the Minute be approved.
Note of Inquorate Meeting of the Joint Renfrewshire Licensing Forum/Licensing Board meeting.
2b
There was submitted the note of the inquorate joint meeting between Renfrewshire Licensing Forum and Renfrewshire Licensing Board.
 
DECIDED: That the report be noted.
3 Matters Arising
3
DECIDED: That it be noted that there were no matters arising from the previous meeting.
Verbal report by Police Scotland representative on local licensing issues.
4
Sergeant Robertson, Police Scotland, provided a verbal update on local licensing issues which had arisen since 29 November 2021, advising that Police Scotland had attended 75 incidents within licenced premises during the period, and had undertaken 178 pro-active inspections.

He advised that the incidents had resulted in a number of reports primarily coming from the premises themselves. He indicated that in the last six months there had been no requirement to bring any premises to the attention of the Licensing Board, and from a Police Scotland perspective, there appeared to be better management and stewardship of licenced premises in the Renfrewshire area.

He further advised that the Pub Watch scheme was in the process of being re-instated by licence holders.

Sergeant Robertson was then heard in answer to questions from Forum members on the content of the report.

DECIDED: That the report be noted.
Verbal report by the Licensing Standards Officer on local licensing issues.
5
C Dickson, Licensing Standards Officer (LSO), provided an update in relation to licensing activity undertaken since November 2021 and provided statistics on the numbers of premises as follows: -  

On sales 92
On/off  sales 187 
Off sales 153 
Total 432.
One premises had ceased trading during the period.

In addition, there were 12 provisional licences 

The Licensing Standards officer advised that there were currently 1335 personal licenses which equated to an increase of 20 during the reporting period. He also provide can update on the status of Licence Premises fees since his last report

The Licensing Standards Officer was then heard in answer to questions from Forum members on the content of the report.

DECIDED: That the information provided be noted.
Verbal report by J McSorley - NHS GGC
6
The Convener provided a verbal report on his role within the Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership, indicating that it was his intention to support the Forum in its activities, facilitate a review on how the forum is performing and looking for views on what improvements could be made. He indicated his intention to undertake discussions with the current members to ascertain their views on how the forum should move forward to enable the group to be a “critical friend” of the Licensing Board. Following these discussions a report would  be submitted to a future meeting.

The Convener Indicated that a sub-group might bf formed to undertake the review. S McLean volunteered for membership of the sub-group. It was also suggested that through the Police Scotland representatives, a representative from the Pub Watch group should be invited to join the sub-group.

DECIDED:

(a) That a sub-group e formed to facilitate a review on how the forum is performing and looking for views on improvements in the operation of the Forum;

(b) That representatives from Pub Watch be invited to join the sub-group; and

(c) That the report be otherwise noted.
 
AFS Newsletter - January 2022. 
7
There was submitted the Alcohol Focus Scotland newsletter for January 2022.

The newsletter provided statistics on the number of alcohol-related deaths in the UK, which was at its highest level since 2001; the introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP) in Ireland; the increase4 in  drinking during lockdown; and AFS responses to a number of consultations. 

DECIDED: That the newsletter be noted.
8 Date of Next Meeting
Members are asked to note that the next meeting of the Renfrewshire Licensing Forum is scheduled for Monday 23 May 2022 at 2.00pm
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DECIDED: Members noted that the next meeting of Renfrewshire Licensing Forum was scheduled to be held at 2pm on 23 May 2022.

Attendance

Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
NameReason for Sending Apology
Ms Fiona Hewitt 
NameReason for Absence
Ms Colette Cardosi 

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

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