Agenda and minutes

Southwark Brexit Panel - Monday 22 July 2019 5.30 pm

Venue: Ground Floor Meeting Room G02A - 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. View directions

Contact: Email: everton.roberts@southwark.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
1.	APOLOGIES Share this item To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Stephanie Cryan.
2.	DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS AND DISPENSATIONS Share this item Members to declare any interest and dispensations in respect of any item of business to be considered at this meeting. Minutes: There were no disclosures of interests or dispensations.
3.	MINUTES Share this item To agree as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 8 January 2019. Supporting documents: Minutes - 8 January 2019 , item 3. PDF 87 KB Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 8 January 2019 were agreed as a correct record.
4.	BREXIT - UPDATE ON PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS AND LOCAL PREPAREDNESS Share this item To note progress on local work in preparing for EU exit, including in response to the panel’s recommendations agreed by Cabinet in January 2019. Supporting documents: Report: Brexit - Update on panel recommendations and local preparedness , item 4. PDF 56 KB Appendix 1: Southwark Brexit Panel Recommendations - Update , item 4. PDF 116 KB Appendix 2: Impact of Brexit on Southwark - Progress Report, report to Southwark's Cabinet, 18 June 2019 incorporating Southwark Council Brexit risk register , item 4. PDF 292 KB Minutes: Councillor Victoria Mills updated the panel on discussions at the July cabinet meeting in respect of Brexit and on progress since the panels recommendations submitted to cabinet in January 2019. The panel discussed issues around settled status, the registration system, issues around EU citizens being able to vote, current programme of work for Southwark Law Centre and Community Southwark in relation to advice work, misinformation and fake news. The panel also discussed communications and information available on the council website around Brexit and government website pages. The panel agreed to seek analysis from electoral services on election forms issued and returned. The panel also agreed to meet again ahead of the proposed EU exit date of 31 October 2019.