Agenda and minutes

To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules (in the event of an Appeal the press and public will be excluded)

(*In accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2, written notice of an appeal must be received by the Head of Governance Services at least 24 hours before the meeting)

There were no appeals against the refusal of inspection of documents.

RESOLVED – That the report entitled “Regulation 28 Report to Prevent Future Deaths” as referred to in Minute No. 39 be designated as exempt from publication under the provisions of the Access to Information Procedure Rules 10.4(1) Information relating to any individual,10.4(2) Information likely to reveal the identity of an individual and 10.4(7) Information relating to any action taken or to be taken in connection with the prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime and that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemptions outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Although there were no late items of business, the Chair did accept the inclusion and circulation of supplementary information in respect of Agenda Item No. 8 – “Regulation 28 Report to Prevent Future Deaths”. Representation had been received from interested parties all of which was deemed as confidential (Minute No.39 referred)

To disclose or draw attention to any disclosable pecuniary interests for the purposes of Section 31 of the Localism Act 2011 and paragraphs 13-16 of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests made at the meeting.

To receive apologies for absence (If any)

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors: A Garthwaite and J Lennox.

To consider and approve the minutes of the last meeting held on 6^th April 2021.

(Copy attached)

Members considered the Minutes of the previous meeting held on 6^th April 2021.

RESOLVED –The Minutes of the previous meeting held on 6^th April 2021, were accepted as a true and correct record.

To consider any matters arising from the minutes.

There were no issues raised under Matters Arising.

To consider a report by the Chief Officer Elections and Regulatory which provides detail of the Regulation 28 Report to Prevent Future Deaths, received following the inquest into a fatality at the 2019 Leeds Festival.

(Report attached)

With reference to the meeting of 12^th March 2021 and the decision to arrange a further meeting of this Committee at the earliest opportunity to further consider the proposed response to the Senior Coroner.

The Chief Officer Elections and Regulatory submitted a report which set out the current position in relation to the receipt of a Regulation 28 Report which had been served on Leeds City Council, as the licensing authority for Leeds Festival, following the death of a teenager at the 2019 event.

At this point the meeting agreed to move into closed session to receive written information from: the parent of the teenager who died, the event organiser, and correspondence from two local MPs.

 (The meeting returned to open session)

RESOLVED – To authorise the Chair, on behalf of the Licensing Committee, to respond to the Senior Coroner in relation to the Regulation 28 report by 23rd April 2021.

Date and time of next meeting to be confirmed.

Date and time of next meeting to be notified to Members in due course.