Agenda

Pre-meeting information briefing

The meeting will be preceded by a short briefing for Committee members recapping on the role and processes of Overview and Scrutiny as well as some specific information about the Childrens Select Committee.  This briefing will be particularly useful if you are new to the Committee.

It will start at 10am, in the meeting room (Council Chamber, County Hall, Trowbridge).

To elect a Chairman of the Childrens Select Committee for the forthcoming year.

To elect a Vice Chairman of the Childrens Select Committee for the forthcoming year.

To receive any apologies or substitutions for the meeting and to note the membership changes.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 12 March 2025.

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

To note any announcements through the Chairman. 

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public.

Statements

If you would like to make a statement at this meeting on any item on this agenda, please register to do so at least 10 minutes prior to the meeting. Up to 3 speakers are permitted to speak for up to 3 minutes each on any agenda item. Please contact the officer named on the front of the agenda for any further clarification.

Questions

To receive any questions from members of the public or members of the Council received in accordance with the constitution.

Those wishing to ask questions are required to give notice of any such questions in writing to the officer named on the front of this agenda no later than 5pm on Wednesday 4 June 2025 in order to be guaranteed of a written response. In order to receive a verbal response questions must be submitted no later than 5pm on Friday 6 June 2025. Please contact the officer named on the front of this agenda for further advice. Questions may be asked without notice if the Chairman decides that the matter is urgent.

Details of any questions received will be circulated to Committee members prior to the meeting and made available at the meeting and on the Council’s website.

The attached report seeks to report to the new Childrens Select Committee:

a)         Topics recommended for inclusion in Childrens Select Committee’s section of the Overview and Scrutiny (OS) work programme, as agreed by OS Management Committee at its meeting on 3 June 2025. (The OS Management Committee co-ordinates the OS forward work programme). 

b)         Next steps for further developing a comprehensive work programme that reflects the priorities of the council, its members and Wiltshire residents.

To receive a brief verbal update from attending Cabinet Members (or Portfolio Holders on their behalf) highlighting any news, successes or milestones in their respective areas since the last meeting of the committee, not covered elsewhere on the agenda.

To consider any other items of business that the Chairman agrees to consider as a matter of urgency.

To confirm the date of the next meeting as Wednesday 16 July at 10.30am. 

Items during whose consideration it is recommended that the public should be excluded because of the likelihood that exempt information would be disclosed

None.