Minutes:
The Chair announced that a request had been received from young people to reconsider the timings of Corporate Parenting Panel meetings as the current timings conflicted with educational commitments. Members were asked to inform the Senior Partnerships and Policy Officer of any suggestions that they may have and the suggestions would then be included in the corporate process for meeting dates for the forthcoming municipal year. Councillor Quinn requested that it would be helpful if meeting times could avoid school dop-off and pick-up times. Councillor Reed referred to the possibility of holding hybrid meetings and the Head of Early Help, Inclusion and Vulnerable Children pointed out that the government had recently carried out a consultation on enabling hybrid attendance at local authority meetings and the outcome of the consultation was awaited.