The People Overview and Scrutiny Committee received the report of the Executive Director for Strategy that set out proposed amendment to the terms of reference for the Children Sub Committee.

The report informed that the PeopleOverview & Scrutiny Committee had approved the terms of reference for the Children Sub Committee at the meeting held on 14 July 2016, and that subsequently, the terms of reference were presented, for information, to the Sub Committee’s first meeting of the municipal year on 22 September 2016.

Members of the Sub Committee had proposed that the terms of reference should give greater prominence to the Wirral Plan pledges that were relevant to the work of the Sub Committee and therefore, an amended version of the terms of reference had been prepared adding a new section entitled ‘Wirral Plan Pledges’. The proposed amendment  included the following text:

“WIRRAL PLAN PLEDGES

The work of the Children Sub-Committee will focus in particular on the delivery of the following Wirral Plan Pledges:

• Children are ready for school;
• Young people are ready for work and adulthood;
• Vulnerable children reach their full potential.”

A Member proposed that a further pledge be included, to:

• Reduce Child and Family Poverty

No other changes to terms of reference were proposed.   

Resolved – That the terms of reference for the Children Sub Committee as amended be approved.