Agenda

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Contact: Mike Jones, Principal Democratic Services Officer  Tel: 0151 691 8363 Email:  michaeljones1@wirral.gov.uk

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1.

Welcome and Introduction

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2.

Apologies

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3.

Members' Code of Conduct - Declarations of Interest

Members of the Committee are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests, in connection with any item on the agenda and state the nature of the interest.

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4.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 103 KB

To approve the accuracy of the minutes of the meeting held on 29 January 2025.

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Minutes of the Licensing Panel pdf icon PDF 74 KB

To approve the accuracy of the minutes of the meetings of the Licensing Panel held on 30 October 2024, 10 and 24 January 2025 and 14 February 2025.

 

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Public and Member Questions

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6a

Public Questions

Notice of question to be given in writing or by email by 12 noon, Wednesday 19 March 2025 to the Council’s Monitoring Officer via this link: Public Question Form and to be dealt with in accordance with Standing Order 10. The question to be put at the meeting shall not exceed 100 words in length.

 

For more information on how your personal information will be used, please see this link: Document Data Protection Protocol for Public Speakers at Committees | Wirral Council

 

Please telephone the Committee Services Officer if you have not received an acknowledgement of your question by the deadline for submission.

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6b

Statements and Petitions

Notice of representations to be given in writing or by email by 12 noon, Wednesday 19 March 2025 to the Council’s Monitoring Officer (committeeservices@wirral.gov.uk) and to be dealt with in accordance with Standing Order 11.1.

 

Petitions may be presented to the Committee if provided to Democratic and Member Services no later than 3 working days before the meeting, at the discretion of the Chair. The person presenting the petition will be allowed to address the meeting briefly (not exceeding three minutes) to outline the aims of the petition. The Chair will refer the matter to another appropriate body of the Council within whose terms of reference it falls without discussion, unless a relevant item appears elsewhere on the Agenda. If a petition contains more than 5,000 signatures, it will be debated at a subsequent meeting of Council for up to 15 minutes, at the discretion of the Mayor.

 

Please telephone the Committee Services Officer if you have not received an acknowledgement of your statement/petition by the deadline for submission.

 

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6c

Questions by Members

Questions by Members to dealt with in accordance with Standing Orders 12.3 to 12.8.

 

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POLICY RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF PRIVATE HIRE AND HACKNEY CARRIAGE LICENCE HOLDERS pdf icon PDF 129 KB

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STATEMENT OF POLICY AND GUIDELINES RELATING TO CONVICTIONS WHEN CONSIDERING APPLICATIONS FOR HACKNEY CARRIAGE AND PRIVATE HIRE LICENCES pdf icon PDF 127 KB

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The Knowledge Test pdf icon PDF 131 KB

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Terms of Reference pdf icon PDF 61 KB

The terms of reference for this committee can be found at the end of this agenda.

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