Meeting Details

The Chair to advise/meeting to note that this meeting will be webcast for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council's Public-I microsite (please click this link) and that members of the press/public may record and take photographs except where there are confidential or exempt items.

Members are reminded they must declare all relevant  pecuniary and other registerable interests arising from any business to be discussed at this meeting.

If a disclosable pecuniary interest is declared a Member must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain in the room unless they have been granted a dispensation.

If other registerable interests are declared a Member may speak on the matter only if members of the public are allowed to speak at the meeting but otherwise must not take part in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain in the room unless they have been granted a dispensation.    

If it is a ‘sensitive interest’, Members do not have to disclose the nature of the interest, just that they have an interest.

Information on the Local Government Association's Model Councillor Code of Conduct is set out via http://bit.ly/3WtGQnN. This includes, at Appendix 1, an interests flowchart which provides a simple guide to declaring interests at meetings.

To note the appointment by the City Council of the Committee and Chairman for the Municipal Year 2025/2026 as follows: -

Labour Group (10)

Councillor Jilly Bermingham

Councillor Marje Bridle

Councillor Carmel Corrigan

Councillor Diane Donaldson (Chair)

Councillor Barbara Dring

Councillor Jane Jones

Councillor Basharat Mahmood

Councillor Saddak Miah

Councillor Shehla Moledina

Councillor Rinkal Shergill

Conservative Group (2)

Councillor Maureen Cornish

Councillor Adam Higgs

Liberal Democrat Group (1)

Councillor Izzy Knowles  

Councillor Penny Wagg

Green Party (1)

Councillor Julien Pritchard

To note the Committee’s Functions, Powers and Duties, as set out in the attached schedule B13 of the Constitution.

To note the Committee’s Code of Practice for Members and Officers as set out in C9 of the Constitution.

The Committee is recommended to meet on the following Wednesdays at 1030 hours in the Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB: -

 2025

16 July 2025

10 September  

19 November  

14 January 2026

18 March

Informal online meetings will be held as follows:-

 16 October, 2025

 11 December 2025

12 February, 2025

1. To note the membership of Sub-Committees A, B and C appointed by the City Council for the Municipal Year 2025/2026 as detailed below:

    

2. Each Sub-Committee comprises 3 Members (with a quorum of 3) and will determine matters relating to The Licensing Act 2003, The Gambling Act 2005, Hackney Carriage Licences, Private Hire Licences and such other business as may be referred to them by the Director of Regulation and Enforcement Services.

    

3. The Chair of the Licensing and Public Protection (Licensing Sub-Committee’s role is to chair the Licensing Sub-Committee meetings, deal with subsequent actions of appeals and assist in finding substitutes for Members as required.

Any Member nominated must have had formal training as set out in the Licensing Procedure Rules.

Licensing Sub-Committee A – Mondays (1000 hours)

Cllr Diane Donaldson   - Lab - Bromford & Hodge Hill

(Chair)

Cllr Maureen Cornish   - Con - Sutton Four Oaks

Cllr Shehla Moledina    - Lab - Balsall Heath

Licensing Sub-Committee B – Tuesdays (1000 hours)

Cllr Basharat Mahmood   - Lab - Pype Hayes

Cllr Saddak Miah             - Lab - Garretts Green

(Chair)

Cllr Adam Higgs               - Lab - Highters Heath

Licensing Sub-Committee C – Wednesdays (1000 hours)

Cllr Carmel Corrigan   - Lab - Kings Norton North

(Chair)

Cllr Jilly Bermingham  - Lab - Perry Common

Cllr Penny Wagg         - L/D - Acocks Green