Issue - meetings

Susan Mair advised the Forum that Argyll and Bute Licensing Board, in their Licensing Policy Statement, had agreed to research overprovision and come out with a view.  Susan advised that at the last Board meeting it was agreed that the Chair of the Licensing Board, Councillor Rory Colville, along with Councillor Sandy Taylor and Councillor Richard Trail would form a working group to look in more detail at overprovision and come to a view on whether overprovision exists or does not exist within Argyll and Bute. Susan reported that the group had met for the first time on 16 April 2014, and a representative from Alcohol Focus Scotland had joined the meeting via Lync, who had advised that there was a toolkit available from Alcohol Focus Scotland to help with overprovision. Susan informed the group that Graeme Forrester had been in contact with Cleland Sneddon, Chair of the Alcohol and Drugs Partnership, to see how the working group can work along side the Alcohol and Drugs Partnership in researching overprovision.

Decision

The Forum questioned why overprovision was an item on the agenda again and it was agreed that it would only be put on at a future meeting if the working group requires specific input from the Forum.