Agenda

Standard Scrutiny Questions for Members’ Reference

To receive any apologies or substitutions for the meeting.

To approve and sign the minutes of the Environment  Select Committee meeting held on 14 January 2025.

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

To receive any announcements through the Chair.

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 Tuesday 25 February 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 Thursday 27 February 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.

As resolved at the Environment Select Committee meeting on 20 March 2024, the Committee are to receive a further update that includes the outcome of the continued public holiday pilot and further enhanced financial information.

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 that are not covered elsewhere on the agenda.

To receive a report on the activity of the Climate Emergency Task Group between 2021-2025, with suggested improvements to the working of the Task Group and a Forward Work Plan after May 2025.

To highlight key aspects of the work undertaken by the Environment Select Committee during the 2021-2025 Council, and to recommend topics as legacy items to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee for possible inclusion in a new Overview and Scrutiny Work Programme after the elections in May 2025.

Any other items of business which the Chairman agrees to consider as a matter of urgency.

To confirm the date of the next scheduled meeting as 10 June 2025.