The opportunity is given to members of the public to put questions to Cabinet Members or Committee Chairs provided that a question does not relate to:
· Matters which are the subject of current or pending legal proceedings or
· Matters relating to employees or former employees of the Council or comments in respect of individual Council Officers.
Minutes:
65.1 Mr Gower began by thanking the Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning (Councillor Organ) for meeting with him to discuss issues relating to homelessness following his attendance at a Council on the 6th February 2017.
He reported that as a volunteer working with a charitable organisation that assisted the homeless, he had come across a number of very vulnerable individuals sleeping rough at night. He stated that due to a lack of housing provision they could not be housed in emergency shelter and questioned whether the Cabinet Member believed that more could be done to aid individuals such as this.
65.2 The Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economy (Councillor James) advised that Councillor Organ was currently making his way back from a meeting and would arrive shortly. He acknowledged that a great amount of effort was being delivered to tackle the complex issue of homelessness within the City by a variety of organisations. He reported that whilst it was not appropriate to discuss individual cases in a Council meeting, himself or Councillor Organ were happy to meet with Mr Gower to discuss the matter further if this was considered useful.