Agenda

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the Environment & Economy Select Committee held on 27 March 2024.

To note the Committee’s Terms of Reference that were agreed at Annual Council on 22 May 2024.

To receive the formal Cabinet Member and external partners response to the Committee’s review of local bus services.

To consider the draft scoping document for a scrutiny review of Stevenage Skills Framework and to receive an officer presentation to help orientate Members to the review.

To note and comment on the Committee’s Work Programme for 2024-25 that was agreed by the Committee at its meeting held on 12 February 2024.

To consider any Part 1 business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

To consider the following motions –

1.  That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraphs1 – 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended by Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

2.  That Members consider the reasons for the following reports being in Part II and determine whether or not maintaining the exemption from disclosure of the information contained therein outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

To consider any Part II business accepted by the Chair as urgent.