Issue - meetings

Councillor Getliffe submits a report introducing the recent White Paper ‘Valuing People: A New Strategy For Learning Disability for the 21^st Century’. The report also outlines the need to set up a Learning Disability Partnership Board for Leicester. The Cabinet is asked to; agree that there be an all party representation on the Learning Disability Partnership Board, Chaired by the Cabinet Lead Member for Social Services and Personal Health; note an interim board meeting has already considered the terms of reference for the board; note the draft terms of reference; and note that The Learning Disability Partnership Board will be a sub-group of the Health Partnership Executive Board within the framework of the Local Strategic Partnership.

Councillor Getliffe submitted a report introducing the recent White Paper ‘Valuing People: A New Strategy For Learning Disability for the 21^st Century’. The report also outlined proposals to set up a Learning Disability Partnership Board for Leicester.

It was noted that the Social Services and Personal Health Scrutiny Committee had recommended that there should be all party representation on the Board and that the Chair should be a Councillor.

RESOLVED:

(1) that there be all party representation on the Learning Disability Partnership Board consisting of two Labour Members, 1 Liberal Democrat Member and one Conservative Member and that the Board should be Chaired by the Cabinet Lead for Social Services and Personal Health;

(2)that it be noted that, in order to meet the requirement to set up a Learning Disability Partnership Board for Leicester by 31October 2001, an interim Board meeting to discuss draft terms of reference was held on 18 October 2001;

(3)that the draft terms of reference be noted; and

(4)that it be noted that The Learning Disability Partnership Board would operate as a sub-group of the Health Partnership Executive Board within the overall framework provided by the Local Strategic Partnerships.