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Home > Council & democracy > Council meetings > Agenda for Overview & Scrutiny Committee on Monday, 27th March, 2023, 5.30 p.m.

Agenda

Takes place during Ramadan Meeting start time may be amended, Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 27th March, 2023 5.30 p.m.

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Venue: Council Chamber - Town Hall, Whitechapel. View directions

Contact: Thomas French, Democratic Services  Tel: 020 7364 3048 E-mail:  Thomas.French@towerhamlets.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

SECTION ONE

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

2.

DECLARATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTEREST AND OTHER INTERESTS pdf icon PDF 216 KB

 

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

 

3.

UNRESTRICTED MINUTES pdf icon PDF 179 KB

To confirm as a correct record of the proceedings the unrestricted minutes of the meetings of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 23 January 2023 and 20 February 2023.

4.

UNRESTRICTED REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION

The following items are due to be considered at the Cabinet meeting 29 March 2023. The committee is invited to consider the reports below, which can be found on the links provided to the agenda for the Cabinet meeting.

4.1

Strategic Plan Q3 Performance

4.2

Budget Monitoring 2022/23 Quarter 3

5.

SCRUTINY SPOTLIGHT

5.1

Climate Emergency pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Additional documents:

  • OSC Briefing 20230317 , item 5.1 pdf icon PDF 1 MB

5.2

Improving Air Quality in Tower Hamlets pdf icon PDF 473 KB

Additional documents:

  • Air Quality Scrutiny Review update March 2023 , item 5.2 pdf icon PDF 2 MB

6.

PRE-DECISION SCRUTINY OF UNRESTRICTED CABINET PAPERS

To review the Cabinet agenda and to consider and agree any pre-decision scrutiny questions to be presented to the Cabinet meeting 29 March 2023

7.

FORTHCOMING DECISIONS

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To review forthcoming decisions expected to be taken by the Mayor and identify any areas of further Scrutiny for committee.

 

A copy of the forthcoming decisions can be found here

 

8.

UNRESTRICTED REPORTS 'CALLED IN'

To consider any decisions that have been called in.

9.

VERBAL UPDATES FROM SCRUTINY LEADS

To hear verbal updates from the Overview and Scrutiny Leads on their work across the Council.

10.

OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE QUERY AND ACTION LOG

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For the committee to review and note Work Program and Action Log

11.

REQUESTS TO SUBMIT PETITIONS

To receive any petitions (to be notified at the meeting).

 

12.

ANY OTHER UNRESTRICTED BUSINESS WHICH THE CHAIR CONSIDERS TO BE URGENT

To consider any other unrestricted business that the Chair considers to be urgent.

 

13.

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.

SECTION TWO

14.

EXEMPT/ CONFIDENTIAL MINUTES

Nil Items

15.

EXEMPT/ CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS 'CALLED IN'

Nil Items

 

16.

PRE-DECISION SCRUTINY OF EXEMPT/ CONFIDENTIAL) CABINET PAPERS

Nil Items

 

17.

ANY OTHER EXEMPT/ CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS THAT THE CHAIR CONSIDERS URGENT

To consider any other exempt/ confidential business that the Chair considers to be urgent.

 

 

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