RESOLVED, that the minutes of the meetings held on 16^th May and 23^rd May 2024 (circulated previously) be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair, subject to the following amendments to the minutes of 23^rd May:

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·       Bullet point six should read as:

“The UK was currently only 55% self-sufficient in food production”.

·       Bullet point nine should read as:

“Following the announcement on 22^nd May 2024 of a General Election, which would be held on 4^th July 2024, the members were advised to refrain from making political statements with the aim of the special meeting being that of a cross party discussion”.

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·       Question one, first bullet point North Devon + representative should read as:

“SFI not FSI”.

·       Bullet point four, Local Farmer and Deputy Chair of the National Farmers Union should read as:

“ Herballeys not lays”.

·       Bullet point five, point four, Councillor Robin Milton, Local farmer should state:

“ Income for upland farmers not “lowland” was well below the minimum wage”.

Councillor Worden who was not present at the special meeting of the Committee on 23^rd May 2024 abstained from the vote.

The Committee formally thanked the Clerk for producing such detailed minutes.

RESOLVED, that the minutes of the meeting held on 11^th April 2024 (circulated previously) be approved as a correct record subject to the following:

(a)  That a follow up letter be sent to the office of the Police and Crime Commissioner regarding additional funding for Street Marshalls as the Committee’s original letter, which was sent in March 2023 was not replied to.

The Director of Resources and Deputy Chief Executive advised that there was government funding available to Councils for Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) hotspots and that the Council had been awarded funding for Barnstaple under tier two for an amount of £25,000, which would contribute towards the funding of additional street marshalls for the first nine months of the financial year.