Agenda item

Member Questions

(An opportunity for Panel Members to ask questions of the relevant Director/ Assistant Director, relating to pertinent, topical issues affecting their Directorate – maximum of 10 minutes allocated).

Minutes:

Councillor Smith asked a question about reported new national ranking figures relating to oral health.  The Director of Adults and Communities advised that no new data from the Public Health Outcomes Framework had been published since the recent report to the Panel.  The Council was continuing work to address children’s oral health.  A copy of the question and answer would be circulated to the Panel and published on the Council’s website.

 

(Councillor Gahir joined the meeting)

 

Councillor Sandhu asked about the membership fees for the recently refurbished Langley Leisure Centre.  He reported that a full membership was £45 per month and he raised concern that the charge was prohibitive.  Following a discussion it was agreed that the Panel receive a report regarding the proposed fees and charges for 2020/21 before being considered by Cabinet in February 2020.

 

(At this point in the meeting Councillor Gahir declared that he was a Hackney Carriage driver. He remained in the room throughout the meeting). 

 

(At this point in the meeting Councillor Mohammad declared that she was a General Practice Manager at a Medical Centre.  She remained in the room throughout the meeting).

 

 

 

Resolved –

 

(a)  That the Director of Adults and Communities provide the Senior Democratic Services Officer with the following, for circulation to the Panel:

 

·  A written copy of the response to the question raised by Councillor Smith.

 

·  An update on progress since the last Oral Health in Slough report provided to the Panel on 25th March 2019.

 

(b)  That a report regarding the Council’s Leisure Fees and Charges be added to the Health Scrutiny Panel Work Programme to allow the Panel to scrutinise the proposals before they were presented to Cabinet for agreement.

 

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