Issue - meetings

Cabinet

(a)          Reappointed the Brexit Advisory Group in order to continue to provide the Cabinet with options for the effective management of any impact of Brexit on the economy of South Cambridgeshire;

(b)          noted that the terms of reference of the Brexit Advisory Group currently provided for that Group to consist of five Liberal Democrats, two Conservatives and one Labour or Independent Member, together with the Leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council as an additional member and three co-opted Members from Cambridge City Council; and

(c)          appointed the following Members to serve on the Brexit Advisory Group:

Liberal Democrat Group: Councillors Philip Allen, Dr. Martin Cahn, Peter Fane, Geoff Harvey, Peter McDonald and Bridget Smith

Conservative Group: Councillor Peter Topping *

Labour Group: Councillor Nigel Cathcart

Independent Group: Councillor Deborah Roberts

(* The Conservative Group agreed to cede a seat to enable both the Independent and Labour Groups to serve on the Advisory Group)

Co-opted from Cambridge City Council: Councillors Rod Cantrill, Haf Davies and Anna Smith.

This decision was first published on Friday 7 June and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 14 June.

Cabinet

(a)          Reappointed the Brexit Advisory Group in order to continue to provide the Cabinet with options for the effective management of any impact of Brexit on the economy of South Cambridgeshire;

(b)          noted that the terms of reference of the Brexit Advisory Group currently provided for that Group to consist of five Liberal Democrats, two Conservatives and one Labour or Independent Member, together with the Leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council as an additional member and three co-opted Members from Cambridge City Council; and

(c)           appointed the following Members to serve on the Brexit Advisory Group:

Liberal Democrat Group: Councillors Philip Allen, Dr. Martin Cahn, Peter Fane, Geoff Harvey, Peter McDonald and Bridget Smith

Conservative Group: Councillor Peter Topping *

Labour Group: Councillor Nigel Cathcart

Independent Group: Councillor Deborah Roberts

(* The Conservative Group agreed to cede a seat to enable both the Independent and Labour Groups to serve on the Advisory Group)

Co-opted from Cambridge City Council: Councillors Rod Cantrill, Haf Davies and Anna Smith

 Cabinet considered a report inviting it to re-appoint the Brexit Advisory Group so that that Group could continue to advise the Cabinet on managing the impact of Brexit on the economy of South Cambridgeshire.

The Brexit Advisory Group was informal and, as such, did not need to be politically proportional. The Leader was keen that all political groups be engaged. She said that one important role for the Brexit Advisory Group would be to consider options for utilising the grant funding coming from central Government to ease the impact of Brexit in 2019-20 and 2020-21, and to recommend to Cabinet the most effective way of spending that money.

Councillor Heather Williams asked whether Cambridge City Council would be contributing to the running costs associated with the Brexit Advisory Group, and whether the three Members co-opted from the City Council would have a say in how to deal with the grant funding for South Cambridgeshire. In reply, the Democratic Services Team Leader noted that Cambridge City Council administered the Joint Development Control Committee. The Leader added that she anticipated there being an element of joint working in view of the proximity of the two local authority areas.

Cabinet

(a)          Reappointed the Brexit Advisory Group in order to continue to provide the Cabinet with options for the effective management of any impact of Brexit on the economy of South Cambridgeshire;

(b)          noted that the terms of reference of the Brexit Advisory Group currently provided for that Group to consist of five Liberal Democrats, two Conservatives and one Labour or Independent Member, together with the Leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council as an additional member and three co-opted Members from Cambridge City Council; and

(c)           appointed the following Members to serve on the Brexit Advisory Group:

Liberal Democrat Group: Councillors Philip Allen, Dr. Martin Cahn, Peter Fane, Geoff Harvey, Peter McDonald and Bridget Smith

Conservative Group: Councillor Peter Topping *

Labour Group: Councillor Nigel Cathcart

Independent Group: Councillor Deborah Roberts

(* The Conservative Group agreed to cede a seat to enable both the Independent and Labour Groups to serve on the Advisory Group)

Co-opted from Cambridge City Council: Councillors Rod Cantrill, Haf Davies and Anna Smith