Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer seeking to:

·       Note the Committee’s Work Programme from the Municipal Year 2022/23 and note a new Work Programme for 2024/25 will be developed in due course;

·       identify any items for pre-scrutiny by the Committee from the Key Decision Forward Plan;

·       note the informal meetings and site visits to be undertaken in 2023-24;

·       note the topic of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) was approved for in-depth scrutiny by Members of the Committee during 2023/24; and

·       receive an update on the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Members of the Committee noted that this meeting was the final meeting of the 2023/24 municipal year and a new work programme would be developed and shared with the Committee ahead of the next meeting scheduled for 4 June 2024.

RESOLVED: That

(1)          the Work Programme for 2022/23, as set out at Appendix A to the report, be noted;

(2)           there were no items identified for pre-scrutiny from the Key Decision Forward Plan that fell under the remit of the Committee on this occasion;

(3)          note the informal meetings of Committee Members and site visits to be undertaken during 2023/24;

(4)          the topic of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) be approved for in-depth scrutiny by Members of the Committee during 2023/24 and relevant activities be included in the schedule of the informal meetings of Committee Members and site visits to be undertaken during 2023/24, as set out at Appendix B; and

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