The Chief Officer, Legal and Regulatory Services, HR and Corporate Policy presented a report seeking nomination of Champions from each of the Overview and Scrutiny Committees to the Cabinet Committee Corporate Parenting and receive these nominations.   She also sought approval of the invitees to attend meetings of the Cabinet Committee Equalities as nominated by each of the political groups represented on the Council.

The Chief Officer, Legal and Regulatory Services, HR and Corporate Policy reported that to date, the following Members have been appointed by the relevant Overview and Scrutiny Committees as invitees to attend meetings of the Cabinet Committee Corporate Parenting.  She also informed Cabinet that the Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committee 3 at its meeting on 18 July 2002 had appointed Councillor JE Pratt as its Corporate Parenting Champion.

The Chief Officer, Legal and Regulatory Services, HR and Corporate Policy also reported that 10 invitees from each political group sit on the Cabinet Committee Equalities and following discussion with the Group Leaders, the following Members had been nominated:

Political Group                            Councillors

Labour                                          Councillor M Evans

Labour                                          Councillor P Ford

Labour                                          Councillor M Lewis

Labour                                          Councillor J Llewellyn-Hopkins

Labour                                          Councillor E Winstanley

Bridgend County Independent     Councillor A J Williams                 

Bridgend County Independent     Councillor A Berrow

Bridgend County Independent     Councillor A Wathan

Democratic Alliance                     Councillor R Penhale-Thomas

Democratic Alliance                     Councillor D M Hughes

RESOLVED:          That Cabinet:

1.   Noted and approved the Invitees for the Cabinet Committee Corporate Parenting as outlined in paragraphs 4.2 and 4.3 and that Councillor JE Pratt was nominated by Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committee 3 as an invitee;

Approved the nominated invitees to the Cabinet Committee Equalities on the basis of 5 Labour Members, 3 Bridgend Independent Members and 2 Democratic Alliance Members, details of which are shown in paragraph 4.5 of the report.