Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies were received from Councillors John Brynmor Jones and Dewi Wyn Roberts

To receive any declaration of personal interest.

No declarations of personal interest were received from any members present.

To note any items that are a matter of urgency in the view of the Chairman for consideration.

None to note

The Chairman shall propose that the minutes of the meeting of this Committee, held on 19.6.17 be signed as a true record. 

The Chairman signed the minutes of the previous meeting of this committee, that took place on 19 June 2017, as a true record.

To submit, for information, minutes of the General Licensing Sub-committee meeting held on the following dates –

a)    26.7.17

b)    02.8.17

Submitted - for information, the minutes of meetings of the Central Licensing Sub-committee that took place on 26.7.17 and 2.8.17

To consider the report of the Head of Environment

   Submitted – a draft report by the Head of Environment, requesting the       Committee to consider and approve the contents of the policy, in accordance       with the Gambling Act 2005, to be adopted by the Full Council.

Members were reminded that concerns were expressed at the Committee             meeting on 6.3.17 when discussing the draft policy, about the frequency of      gambling advertisements that appear on television channels and on the           internet. It was highlighted that the Licensing Department had conveyed these          concerns to the Gambling Commission and had by now received a response to those concerns.  The letter was read out at the meeting.  It was noted that the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Support (DCMS) had completed a review with evidence and this would be published at the end of October 2017.    It was assumed that the evidence would respond in some way to the concerns highlighted by the Committee. 

   In response to the letter, a comment was made that several authorities were         responsible for keeping control and the Council had to keep an eye on this   issue and consider the review findings following its publication.

            The information submitted in the letter was received.

It was noted that Section 349 of the Gambling Act requires Licensing         Authorities, every three years, to prepare and publish a declaration of the     Licensing Principles they wish to implement whilst carrying out their functions in accordance with the Act. It was noted that a public consultation had been    undertaken for a period of 12 weeks and no responses had been received.

   It was explained that the next step was for the draft policy to be assessed by         the Equality Officer. Following this the Cabinet Member would submit the Statement to the Full Council for adoption. 

RESOLVED to approve the draft Gambling Policy Statement in            accordance with the 2005 Gambling Act and approve it for adoption by the Full Council, following an assessment by the Equality Officer.