To receive any apologies for absence.

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

To confirm as a correct record of the proceedings the unrestricted minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 18 February & 25 March 2025.

No decisions of the Mayor in Cabinet in respect of unrestricted reports on the agenda were ‘called in’.

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

To be considered any reports from Cabinet.

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

To consider the any items at future meetings of Cabinet and agree pre-decision scrutiny questions/comments.

The meetings can be found by following this link.

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

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

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.

To consider any decisions of the Mayor in Cabinet in respect of exempt/ confidential reports on the agenda were ‘called in’.

To consider the exempt/ confidential agenda of the Cabinet and agree pre-decision scrutiny questions/comments.

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