Issue - meetings

Committee to consider the final draft of the Corporate Parenting Strategy for agreement.

It was advised that the Corporate Parenting Strategy had been recently discussed at the Children’s Trust meeting and would require further revision in order to incorporate comments made including making the Strategy more child focussed. As a result, it was proposed that the Committee defer consideration of the Strategy to the next meeting.

Concerns were raised about the time it was taking to progress the Strategy. It was agreed that the updated version of the Strategy would be circulated for comment to the Committee prior to the next meeting in order to facilitate the Committee approving the final draft at the next meeting. This would also provide the opportunity for the underpinning action plan to be considered in more detail.