Agenda item

6.1

The Chief Licensing Officer submitted a report informing Members of a consultation paper released by the Home Office - ‘Delivering the Government’s Policies to Cut Alcohol Fuelled Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour’.  The report contained, at Appendix ‘A’, a draft response from the Licensing Authority and the views of Members were sought on the contents of the draft response. 

6.2

In attendance for this item was Claire Bower, Principal Licensing Officer.

6.3

Members raised their concerns with regard to the lack of detail on the response form, as well as the lack of opportunity provided for the Licensing Authority to provide detailed responses to the questions raised as part of the consultation.

6.4

RESOLVED: That the Committee:-

(a)

notes the contents of the report now submitted;

(b)

requests that a letter, to be signed by the Chair of the Committee, be sent to the Home Office, expressing the concerns now raised with regard to the lack of detail on the response form, and that copies of the letter be forwarded to the Sheffield Members of Parliament; and

(c)

agrees that the proposed response from the Licensing Authority to the consultation paper “delivering the Government’s Policies to Cut Alcohol Fuelled Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour”, as set out in Appendix “A” to the report now submitted, be sent to the Home Office, subject to the following amendments:-

(i)

the response to Question 7 – Should other factors or evidence be considered when considering a ban on multi-buy promotions? – be amended from ‘No’ to ‘Don’t know’; and

(ii)

the response to Question 21 – Do you think that the following proposals would impact adversely on one or more of the licensing objectives? – be amended from ‘No’ to ‘Yes’.