Agenda

To approve as a correct record (i) the Minutes of the Environment and Economy Select Committee held on Monday 10 January 2022; (ii) the Notes of the informal meeting of the Environment and Economy Select Committee held on 17 January 2022 and (iii) Notes of the informal meeting of the Committee held on 3 March 2022.

To consider and agree a draft work programme for the Environment & Economy Select Committee for 2022-23

To consider the Executive Portfolio Holder’s response to the Environment & Economy Select Committee’s review into the economic impact of Covid-19 on the local economy and the Council’s response.

To consider the interim report and emerging recommendations of the Environment & Economy Select Committee’s review into the Council’s response to the Climate Emergency.

REPORT TO FOLLOW

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.