Issue - meetings

To note the following Minutes of meetings of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee and Select Committees:

Community Select Committee – 29 January 2025 and 5 February 2025

Cabinet were advised that the recent work of the Community Select Committee had included:

·      gathering information from guest contributors relating to the Equality Act 2010, in particular Age and Disability, by receiving evidence from guests and community members.  The meeting also covered transport accessibility challenges for visually impaired individuals;

·      a presentation from the Aids and Adaptations Project Manager outlining the scope of adaptations for tenants with health conditions.  The Committee addressed eligibility, types of adaptations, reasons for refusal and the need for transparency.

Councillor Conor McGrath thanked the Committee for its work and said that he would be following up some of the issues raised in his role as the Portfolio Holder for Stronger Communities.

It was RESOLVED that the following Minutes of meetings Select Committees be noted –

Community Select Committee – 29 January and 5 February 2025.