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The Executive RESOLVED that the Council’s response to Surrey County Council consultations, as set out in the agenda report, as amended, be agreed.

The Executive considered draft responses to Surrey County Council consultations on the following areas:

·       Family Resilience and Children’s Centres

·       Concessionary bus travel

·       Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

·       Libraries and Cultural Services

·       Community Recycling Centres

Arising from the discussions on Surrey County Council’s proposals, it was agreed to amend the draft response to include the following points:

·       Concern about how the proposals would impact upon minority groups and the need to complete Equality Impact Assessments

·       Concern that the proposals for closing recycling centres, in particular those in Farnham and Bagshot, would heavily impact on the use of Camberley recycling centre

·       Concern that the proposals for closing recycling centres would increase fly tipping

·       Concern about the lack of data and statistical information included in some aspects of the consultation

·       In relation to the SEND consultation, the importance for families dealing with multiple agencies to work with a single point of contact

·       A general comment that, whilst this Council recognised the need for the County Council to make savings, it considered that the proposals were the wrong away to address its financial position.

RESOLVED that the draft response to the 5 Surrey Council consultations, as amended, be agreed as the Council’s response.