At its meeting on 8 September 2009 (minute 16 refers), the Health and Well Being Overview and Scrutiny Committee referred the following proposed amendments to its terms of reference to the Cabinet for consideration:

Paragraph 4:

Social inclusion and to promote the role of the local authority, working with the NHS community on Wirral, to improve Public Health and well-being and to address health inequalities. (This sentence needed to be put into better English).

Paragraph 13:

To support the Council’s equal opportunity policies by promoting and monitoring initiatives to encourage equality of opportunity amongst disadvantaged groups. (Delete all the wording at the end of this paragraph: “including: the disabled, ethnic minorities, the long-term unemployed, the poor, and women”) [This would apply to all portfolios]

The Director of Law, HR and Asset Management reported that at its meeting on 8 September 2009 (minute 16 refers), the Health and Well Being Overview and Scrutiny Committee referred the following proposed amendments to its terms of reference to the Cabinet for consideration:

Social Inclusion – Paragraph 4:

Social inclusion and to promote the role of the local authority, working with the NHS community on Wirral, to improve Public Health and well-being and to address health inequalities. [Sentence put into better English]

All Portfolios – Paragraph 13:

To support the Council’s equal opportunity policies by promoting and monitoring initiatives to encourage equality of opportunity amongst disadvantaged groups. [Delete all wording at the end of this paragraph: ‘including: the disabled, ethnic minorities, the long term unemployed, the poor and women’]

RECOMMENDED – That the proposed amendments to the terms of reference be forwarded to the Council for determination.