Issue - meetings

The total time allowed for this item is 30 minutes.

Members of the public and members of council may participate in Public Forum. 

The detailed arrangements for so doing are set out in the Public Information Sheet at the back of this agenda. 

Public Forum items should be emailed to scrutiny@bristol.gov.uk and please note that the following deadlines will apply in relation to this meeting:-

Petitions, Statements and Questions – must be received, no later than, the working day prior to the meeting.  For this meeting, your submission must be received in this office, no later than 12.00 noon on Friday, 20 October 2017.

The following public forum items were received:

Statements

PS 01 Mike Campbell

PS 02 Viran Patel (Additional statement not included in the Public Forum pack)

Mr Campbell’s representative (Protect Our NHS) presented his statement. Mr Patel was not in attendance.

The Joint Committee RESOLVED that the statements be noted.

Questions

PQ 01 Ms Daphne Havercroft

PQ 02 Mr Shaun Murphy

PQ 03 Mr Viran Patel

Shaun Murphy presented his questions. Ms Havercroft and Mr Patel were not in attendance.

It was noted that a written response would be provided to the questioners as per the Joint Committee’s working arrangements. (attached at Appendix B)

The Joint Committee RESOLVED that the questions be noted.

In response to a member’s question in respect of statements that had been submitted in respect of the Condon family, the Chair confirmed that the statements would go to the meeting of Bristol’s Overview and Scrutiny Management Board Wednesday, 1 November 2017.

Up to 30 minutes is allowed for this item.

Any member of the public or Councillor may participate in Public Forum.  The detailed arrangements for so doing are set out in the Public Information Sheet at the back of this agenda.  Public Forum items should be emailed to democratic.services@bristol.gov.uk and please note that the following deadlines will apply in relation to this meeting:-

Questions - Written questions must be received 3 clear working days prior to the meeting.  For this meeting, this means that your question(s) must be received in this office at the latest by 5 pm on 11^th October 2016.

Petitions and Statements - Petitions and statements must be received on the working day prior to the meeting.  For this meeting this means that your submission must be received in this office at the latest by 12.00 noon on 14^th October 2016.

The following public forum items were received:

Questions

PQ01- Helen Thornton –Equalities Impact Assessment

PQ02- Steve Timmis – Weston Sustainability

PQ03 - Daphne Havercroft – Data Proposals

PQ04 - Mavis Zutshi - Capability & Capacity

PQ05- Mike Campbell – Regional Consultation

PQ06 -Emma Foote – Staffing Levels

PQ07 - Viran Patel – Health Service Consultation

PQ08 – Shaun Murphy (permitted by chair on the day)

Statements

PS01 -Kate Bower -Protect Our NHS

PS02 -Ben Glatt –BNSSG STP Public Stakeholder Group

PS03 -Barbara Harris –Local Healthcare Concerns

PS04 -Bristol City Councillors Gill Kirk, Ruth Pickersgill, Celia Phipps and Brenda Massey –Social Care Funding

PS05 -Pamela Trevithick –Mental Health

PS06 -Sid Ryan –Save the NHS

PS07 - Mike Campbell (Additional statement not included in the Public Forum pack)

Petition

PP01 -Charlotte Paterson –Protect Our NHS

Nancy Rollason, Bristol City Council Legal officer advised that petitions presented to a Committee must relate to the role and responsibilities of that Committee and information in the petition must be factually accurate.  The wording in the petition presented asked the Committee to ‘reject the STP’.  The three Local Authorities would not have the power to reject the STP so the wording presented in the petition would not be considered factually accurate.   A petition with the same wording had been submitted on the BCC e-petition web page but had not been accepted until the wording had been altered to be factually correct.

The Legal Officer advised that the Committee could accept the petition as presented but asked Members to note that the legal advice provided. 

For each question received one supplementary question would be permitted.  The following supplementary questions were received: