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 2026/2027 as follows: -

Reform Group (3)

 Councillor Eddie Freeman

Councillor Danny Carter

Councillor Darren Colling

Green Group (3)

 Councillor Atikar Rahman

Councillor Hamzah Sheik

Councillor (vacancy)

Labour Group (3)

Councillor Diane Donaldson

Councillor Saddak Miah

Councillor Rasheda Begum

Conservative Group (2)

 Councillor Adam Higgs

Councillor Anja Pawson

Liberal Democrat Group (1)

Councillor Penny Wagg

Better Birmingham (1)

Councillor Shaukat Mahmood

Birmingham Independent Working Group (BIWG) – (1)

Councillor Shehryar Kayani

Councillor Sam Forsyth

To note the Committee’s Functions, Powers and Duties, as set out in the attached schedule B13 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: -

Wednesdays

29 July, 2026

9 September, 2026

18 November, 2026

13 January, 2027

17 March, 2027

Informal online meetings will be held as follows:-

Thursday

 15 October, 2026

10 December 2026

 11 February, 2027

1. To note the membership of Sub-Committees A, B and C appointed by the City Council for the Municipal Year 2026/2027 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)

                                                                      Ward

Cllr Eddie Freeman - Chair         Reform       Allens Cross

Cllr Atikar Rahman                      Green        Tyseley and Hay Mills 

Cllr Sam Forsyth                         B Inds        Quinton

Licensing Sub-Committee B – Tuesdays (1000 hours)

Cllr Danny Carter                        Reform       Pype Hayes

Cllr Saddak Miah  - Chair            Lab            Garretts Green

Cllr Penny Wagg                         L/D            Acocks Green     

Licensing Sub-Committee C – Wednesdays (1000 hours)

Cllr Adam Higgs - Chair              Con           Highters Heath

Cllr  Darren Colling                      Reform      Sheldon

 Cllr Hamzah Sheikh                     Green        Brandwood & Kings Heath