Agenda item

5.1  The sub-committee agreed that the final draft of the census and migration report was very comprehensive.

5.2  Current update:  The GLA and the London School of Economics have been working jointly and are advocating an amnesty/earned regulisation approach.  More research is being done to influence the national policy debate.

5.3  On page 2 – All recommendations were agreed.

5.4  Page 4 – It was acknowledged that the recommendations were going to be a challenge to the executive and the CMT.

5.5  Page 5 – Members were informed that the business plan was currently being looked at and scrutiny had assisted in this work.

5.6  It was thought that it would be another 3 months before the project would be completed.

RESOLVED:

1.  Members wanted to add a recommendation which asked the executive to report back to the committee on the progress of the work in the summer of 2010.

2.  The sub-committee felt that there should also be a recommendation around local engagement and how Southwark could do better in improving the relationships within the community.  This could include encouraging children to take a more active part in the processes, perhaps by devising online activities.

3.  It was agreed that all of the recommendations contained in the report were very strong.