Issue - meetings

A period of 20 minutes is allocated for questions to be put to Cabinet Members by members of the Council. Notice of questions need not be given in advance of the meeting. Questions must relate to the powers, duties or responsibilities of the Cabinet. Questions put to Cabinet Members must relate to their portfolio responsibilities.

The Leader will determine how Cabinet question time should be allocated where there are a number of Members wishing to ask questions. Where a question relates to a matter which appears on the agenda, the Leader may allow the question to be asked at the beginning of consideration of that item.

Councillor S Corcoran asked if the blank referral form for child safeguarding concerns could be made available to enable GP referrals to be speeded up. The Portfolio Holder for Safeguarding Children and Adults undertook to pursue the matter in liaison with Primary Care. She stated, however, that the LSCB deliberately wished to encourage conversations over safeguarding to get better insight into the issues.

Councillor D Flude asked if the Council had received a report from KPMG on the Health Economy and if so she could receive a copy. The Portfolio Holder for Care and Health in the Community was not aware of the report but would make enquiries.

Councillor R Menlove referred to a recent outbreak of bovine TB in the north of the Borough which appeared to be badger-related with the suspicion that the works on the new SEMMMS motorway in the Handforth area had given rise to the spread of infected badgers. He asked that the Council make representations to Stockport MBC as the lead authority for the SEMMMS works with a view to preventing any further spread of infected badgers. The Leader asked the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Jobs to pursue the matter; he also asked the Chief Executive to discuss the matter with his counterpart at Stockport. The Portfolio Holder for Safeguarding Children and Adults suggested that Councillor Menlove might wish to attend with her a meeting of the cross working group of the NFU and Badger Wildlife Trust.