Agenda and minutes
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Additional documents: Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Sabina Khan. |
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DECLARATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTEREST AND OTHER INTERESTS
Members are reminded to consider the categories of interest in the Code of Conduct for Members to determine whether they have an interest in any agenda item and any action they should take. For further details, please see the attached note from the Monitoring Officer.
Members are reminded to declare the nature of the interest and the agenda item it relates to. Please note that ultimately it’s the Members’ responsibility to declare any interests form and to update their register of interest form as required by the Code.
If in doubt as to the nature of your interest, you are advised to seek advice prior to the meeting by contacting the Monitoring Officer or Democratic Services
Additional documents: Minutes: No declarations of disclosable pecuniary interest were received at the meeting. |
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ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIR The Committee are asked to elect a Vice-Chair for the 2022-2023 Municipal Year. Additional documents: Minutes: Councillor Abdul Mannan was elected as the Vice-Chair of this Committee. |
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UNRESTRICTED REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION Additional documents: |
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Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee received and considered a report that outlined a series of provisions relating to the coming municipal year that needed to be agreed, including:
1. Agreeing the Scrutiny Lead Member portfolios and appointing OSC members to those roles. 2. The establishment of scrutiny sub committees, approval of their terms of reference, and the appointment of scrutiny members. 3. The appointment of co-opted members of the scrutiny sub - committees; and 4. Noting the dates of OSC and Sub-Committee meetings in 2022/23.
Accordingly, the Committee:
In addition, the Committee:
v Asked for clarification on the voting rights of the Muslim representative on the Children & Education Sub-Committee. (Subsequent to the meeting it was confirmed that the Councils Constitution states in the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules Section 18 that the Sub-Committee may also include a Muslim representative who can also vote in respect of education matters). v Agreed that scrutiny meetings (i.e. formal meetings of overview and scrutiny committees) need to be focused, effective, and secure with meaningful outcomes for local people. However, noted that whilst any increase in the number of committees could potentially (a) allow more members to be involved in Overview and Scrutiny and to develop specialisms; (b) encourage members to concentrate on key cross cutting issues; (c) spread the potential high workload of scrutiny; (d) help in relating to cabinet remits if mirroring cabinet portfolios; (e) allow Committees to experiment with different approaches; and (f) facilitate the exchange of information and gaining knowledge of the various service areas. It was nevertheless was recognised that scrutiny committee meetings can take considerable effort to resource (e.g. physical attendance at a meeting of members and officers, the time spent by officers in preparing reports and collating agendas, and other ancillary activity) and requires that time spent at committee ... view the full minutes text for item 4.1 |
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ANY OTHER UNRESTRICTED BUSINESS WHICH THE CHAIR CONSIDERS TO BE URGENT To consider any other unrestricted business that the Chair considers to be urgent.
Additional documents: Minutes: An outline of what was discussed is set out below: The Committee: v Was pleased to note the Mayor’s decision to reverse the proposals of the previous administration to close Rushmead one-stop shop. v Asked to receive the previously requested key performance indicators on the Youth Services (e.g., the number of sessions run by the Youth Service that have accredited outcomes for young people). v Placed on record its thanks and appreciation to Mayor Lutfur Rahman (Executive Mayor) and Councillor Maium Talukdar (Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Education and Lifelong Learning) for their attendance at this evening’s meeting.
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EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC In view of the contents of the remaining items on the agenda the Committee is recommended to adopt the following motion:
“That, under the provisions of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting for the consideration of the Section Two business on the grounds that it contains information defined as Exempt in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972.”
EXEMPT/CONFIDENTIAL SECTION (Pink Papers)
The exempt committee papers in the agenda will contain information, which is commercially, legally or personally sensitive and should not be divulged to third parties. If you do not wish to retain these papers after the meeting, please hand them to the Committee Officer present. Additional documents: Minutes: As the agenda circulated had no exempt/confidential reports and there was therefore no requirement to exclude the press and public to allow for its consideration. |
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CONCLUSION To consider any other exempt/ confidential business that the Chair considers to be urgent.
Additional documents: Minutes: In conclusion the Chair thanked everybody for their contributions to this evening discussions and looked forward to working with them in the development of the scrutiny function within Tower Hamlets.
*Confirmed subsequent to the meeting
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