Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer seeking the views of the Committee on the Work Programme for 2019/20, the identification of potential topics for scrutiny reviews to be undertaken by a Working Group(s) appointed by the Committee and the identification of any items for pre-scrutiny by the Committee from the Key Decision Forward Plan; and which provided an update on the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

The report also updated on the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Town Centre Commission.

RESOLVED: That

(1)

the Work Programme for 2019/20, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, be approved;

(2)

the presentation on the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority – Service Delivery Plan be deferred to the meeting to be held on 10 March 2020;

(3)

bearing in mind that the Government has decided not to take forward the proposals for any changes to permitted development rights for non-hydraulic fracturing shale gas exploratory development at this time, updates on the Government position and Good Practice and Expectations Document be removed from the Work Programme;

(4)

in relation to (3) above, if the Government’s stance changes in respect of non-hydraulic fracturing shale gas exploratory development, then the Head of Economic Growth and Housing be requested to report further to the Committee; and

(5)

the update on the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee be noted.