Midlothian Licensing Forum Pap
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Midlothian Council Midlothian House Midlothian Buccleuch Street Dalkeith Director EH22 1DN Eibhlin McHugh NOTICE OF MEETING MIDLOTHIAN LOCAL LICENSING FORUM Venue: Committee Room, Midlothian House Date: Friday 15th May 2015 Time: 10:00 – 12:00 AGENDA 1 Welcome and Apologies 2 Election of a convener 3 Minutes of the previous meeting Forum meeting – 13th February 2015 R Action plan R 4 Minutes of the licensing Board – latest approved minutes: None 5 Licensing update reports: R Licensing Standards Officer Police Licensing Officer Community Safety 6 Draft MELDAP local delivery plan R 7 Licensing forum – future action plan 7 Any Other Business 8 Date of next meeting: 14th August 2015 10:00-12:00 (R) = report attached (V) = verbal update (TF) = to follow Midlothian Local Licensing Forum MINUTES of MEETING of the LOCAL LICENSING FORUM held in the Council Chambers, Midlothian House on 13th February 2015 at 10.00 am. Present:- Representatives of Residents within the Forum’s Area: Jim Church (Chair); Derek Couper, Alistair Mackintosh Representatives of holders of premises licences/ personal licences: Adam Bolton (The Laird & Dog), Gemma Shand (personal license holder), Logan Bryce (Sainsburys, Salters Rd), Patrick Kenny (The Mayflower), David Logan (The Ship Inn) Representative of Police, Health, Education, Social Work, Midlothian Council: Chief Inspector Kenny Simpson, John Thayers, Jim Sherval (NHS Lothian), Mark Richardson (Licensing Standards Officer) In Attendance: - Rosie Kendall (Community Safety Manager/ Clerk to the Forum), Magda Clark (Community Safety Development Officer), Kevin Anderson (Head of Housing and Customer Services), Councillor Bob Constable (Chair of the Licensing Board), John Ramsay, James Paton (Blacksmith’s Forge), Ghulam Rasul (Nisa Mayfield) Apologies: Jim Leslie, Alasdair Gow, Ross Craig. 1. Welcome and Apologies Rosie Kendall welcomed Forum members and guests to the special meeting of the Forum which would be followed by a Licensing Event including presentations from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Business Resilience Centre and Best Bar None. 2. Election of a convenor As laid out in Schedule 2 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, Forum Members are required to elect a Convener at their first meeting in each calendar year. As there were no nominations for a new convenor, it was agreed that this agenda item would be carried forward to the next meeting and all members would give consideration to taking on this role. Jim Church agreed to chair the meeting as a temporary measure. Action: New Convenor to be elected at May meeting - All to consider taking on the role of convenor 3. Minutes of the previous meeting The minute of the meeting held on 14h November 2014 were submitted and approved as a correct record by Pat Kenny and David Logan. Action Plan: RK noted that Jim Leslie had provided an e-mail update on the following action: JL to look into the potential of introducing an alcohol questionnaire for young people in custody. Jim’s update outlined that every person who comes into the custody suite is subject to the same drink/drugs questionnaire regardless of age. JC highlighted the actions undertaken on recruitment stating that a few pupils from Newbattle High School and from Lasswade High school were interested in taking part in the Forum however due to exams they are not able to commit time at present. JC appealed to all Forum members to use their personal relations, professional contacts, friends and family members to encourage young people to take part in the work of Forum. 2 The Forum noted the positive experience young people could gain from joining the Forum as well as the potential benefit of adding it to their CV. Young adults should be encouraged to take part to represent their generation in their own interest. RK updated that CLD colleagues and Community Councils have been approached. 4. Licensing Board minutes The Forum noted the minutes. RK provided an update on the letter submitted to the Board regarding their approach to granting license extensions within the overprovided area. This was recently resubmitted with extra detail provided and is due to be discussed at the March Board meeting (due to take place at 10am on 17th March) Action: RK to arrange the annual joint meeting of the Board and Forum. BC requested that as much notice as possible be given to enable maximum attendance. 5. Licensing update report The Forum welcomed the first Licensing Officer update report from the new Licensing standards Officer, Mark Richardson. RK also circulated an update from Jim Leslie. The Forum noted the positive step forward in NHS involvement with the recent objection to a licence change within the overprovided area submitted. Greater health representation is expected at future meetings of the Board and Forum. 6. CRESH Midlothian report – outlet density Action: RK to arrange for alcohol focus Scotland to attend the joint Forum and Board meeting to provide a presentation on the Midlothian findings arising from the CRESH research on the relationship between alcohol-related illnesses and deaths across Scotland and local availability of alcohol outlets 7. Supply of alcohol to youngsters by "dealers" who buy from off sales shops and pass on to under age teenagers & younger. The Forum discussed alcohol test purchasing. The Council Trading Standards team are responsible for tobacco test purchasing but not alcohol. Police Scotland are responsible for alcohol test purchasing. The Forum discussed Dalkeith town centre issues, (Particularly on Friday and Saturday nights). These include antisocial behaviour and vandalism, these issues affect businesses as clients are shouted at and verbally abused and don’t feel safe in the area. KS explained that the Community Police Teams patrol the area as well as police in plain clothes. Police can take action, however they often require information from the public – when there is intelligence this will be acted upon. Police will take action not only to ensure action against antisocial behaviour and alcohol fuelled crime but to ensure the health and wellbeing of those young people who are not fully aware of the damage they doing to themselves. JT introduced the SALSUS data for Midlothian. The SALSUS survey is undertaken every 4 years and presents a profile of alcohol and substance misuse amongst 13, 14 and 15 year olds. The Forum discussed what action they could take to promote responsible alcohol consumption. RK asked Forum members if they would be willing to promote the leaflet ‘you, your child and alcohol’ 3 GS highlighted that Sainsbury’s have had health promotion staff in their stores. A request to distribute leaflets would need to go through national channels but GS is happy to enquire about this. PK suggested every licensed premise should make leaflets of this type available JP agreed to distribute the leaflet using the Blacksmiths Forge Community Board DL agreed to distribute the leaflets at Pubwatch KA agreed that Libraries would be willing to display the leaflets. JT explained that MELDAP have produced a similar leaflet The Forum discussed what school input is provided. JT explained that this is included in the MELDAP local delivery plan Action: JT to provide a summary of what the school alcohol education programme includes Action: MELDAP local delivery plan to be shared with the Forum (placed on the agenda for the next meeting) Action: RK/MC to agree which resources (posters/ leaflets) should be used with MELDAP Action: RK/MC to distribute agreed resources to Forum members Action: Forum members to distribute leaflets/posters for responsible alcohol consumption Any other business KS highlighted the importance of ensuring the licensing objectives are being delivered. The decision to enhance health representation at licensing meetings is a positive step forward. Date of Next Meeting The Forum noted that the next scheduled Forum meeting was due to take place on Friday 15th May at 10.00am in Midlothian House, Committee Room, Buccleuch Street, Dalkeith. The meeting terminated at 11.00am. Note: The Licensing Event included presentations from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Business Resilience Centre and Best Bar None. The following premises were awarded Best Bar None accreditation: The Black Bull - Silver The Blacksmiths Forge - Gold Esk Valley Table Table - Gold The Leadburn Inn – Silver LICENSING FORUM - MASTER ACTION LOG 2015 MTG ACTION LEAD Due STATUS NOTE DATE 13/02/15 New Convenor to be elected at May RK/All 15/05/15 In Placed on May agenda meeting - All to consider taking on the role progress of convenor 13/02/15 RK to arrange the annual joint meeting of RK in 2015 In 7/5/15: Ongoing. RK currently checking potential dates the Board and Forum. BC requested that as progress for joint meeting much notice as possible be given to enable maximum attendance. RK to arrange for alcohol focus Scotland to attend the joint Forum and Board meeting to provide a presentation on the Midlothian findings arising from the CRESH research on the relationship between alcohol-related illnesses and deaths across Scotland and local availability of alcohol outlets 13/02/15 JT to provide a summary of what the school JT 15/05/15 In 7/5/15: Suggest a letter from the new Chair of the alcohol education programme includes Progress Forum to the Head of Schools asking about pupil entitlement to alcohol education across all sectors would be appropriate. As Health and Wellbeing is an outcome in the Curriculum for Excellence seems a reasonable thing to ask. Happy to draft a letter. 13/02/15 RK/MC to agree which resources (posters/ RK/All 31/03/15 In 8/5/15: RK and JT meeting to review available leaflets) should be used with MELDAP Progress resources prior to next LF meeting on 15th May. RK/MC to distribute agreed resources to Forum members Forum members to distribute leaflets/posters for responsible alcohol consumption 16/05/14 AB to attend licensing Board meetings with AB/JC ongoing In RK will e-mail out in advance of each Licensing Board JC attending as required.