Agenda

To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and / or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests, and any Party Whip.

To invite members of the public who have registered in advance of the meeting to speak to the Committee.

The report will follow in a supplementary pack for the meeting after the report has been published for the meeting of Executive Committee (due for publication on Monday 7^th October).

As per the resolution agreed by Overview and Scrutiny on 2^nd September 2024, the Chairman of Worcestershire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) and the representative from Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust (H&W NHS Trust) have been invited to attend to discuss the subject of the reconfiguration of Adult Mental Health Inpatient and Rehabilitation Services, Redditch, and the closure of Hill Crest Ward.

The Committee is asked to consider the Terms of Reference for the Post-16 Education Task Group.

a)          Budget Scrutiny Working Group – Chair, Councillor Warhurst

b)          Performance Scrutiny Working Group – Chair, Councillor Warhurst

c)           Fly Tipping and Bulky Waste Task Group – Chair, Councillor Dormer

d)          Post-16 Education Task Group – Chair, Councillor Warhurst

a)          West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Overview and Scrutiny Committee – Council representative, Councillor Kane;

b)          West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Transport Delivery Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Councillor Munro; and

c)           Worcestershire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) – Council representative, Councillor Munro.

“That, under S.100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following matter(s) on the grounds that it/they involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs (to be specified) of Part 1 of Schedule 12 (A) of the said Act”.

These paragraphs are as follows:

Subject to the “public interest” test, information relating to:

·         Para 1 – any individual;

·         Para 2 – the identity of any individual;

·         Para 3 – financial or business affairs;

·         Para 4 – labour relations matters;

·         Para 5 – legal professional privilege;

·         Para 6 –  a notice, order or direction;

·         Para 7 – the prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime;

                     and may need to be considered as ‘exempt’.

The minutes of the meetings of Overview and Scrutiny Committee which took place on 29^th August and 2^nd September 2024 will be considered at this meeting.

Please be advised that should Members wish to discuss the content of the exempt records of these meetings, the Committee will need to consider moving into private session and exclude the public and press from participation in this part of the meeting.