The Director of Legal and Governance will report the names of alternate Members who are attending the meeting in place of appointed Members. 

(Members Code of Conduct – Part 4A of the Constitution)

To receive disclosures of interests from members and co-opted members on matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.

An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.

Notes:

(1)       Members must consider their interests, and act according to the following:

(2)       Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to the Member concerned or their spouse/partner.

(3)       Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them.  A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. 

(4)       Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44.

Recommended –

That the minutes of the meeting held on 9 February 2023 be signed as a correct record (previously circulated).

(Yusuf Patel - 01274 434579)

(Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution)

Reports and background papers for agenda items may be inspected by contacting the person shown after each agenda item.  Certain reports and background papers may be restricted. 

Any request to remove the restriction on a report or background paper should be made to the relevant Strategic Director or Assistant Director whose name is shown on the front page of the report. 

If that request is refused, there is a right of appeal to this meeting. 

Please contact the officer shown below in advance of the meeting if you wish to appeal. 

(Yusuf Patel - 01274 434579)

The following referrals have been made to this Committee up to and including the date of publication of this agenda.

The Committee is asked to note the referrals listed above and decide how it wishes to proceed, for example by incorporating the item into the work programme, requesting that it be subject to more detailed examination, or refer it to an appropriate Working Group/Committee.

The Strategic Director of Place will submit a report (Document “AI”) which provides a detailed response to the recommendations in the Hate Crime Scrutiny Review. It highlights the Hate Crime work undertaken mainly (but not limited to) between Apr-21 to Dec-22.

Recommended –

The Overview & Scrutiny Committee to note the progress made on the District’s Hate Crime work by Bradford Council, BHCA and West Yorkshire Police and partners in meeting the recommendations identified in the Hate Crime Scrutiny Review.

(Neena Punnu - 07582 109834)

Recommended –

That the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the item relating to Industrial Services Group (ISG) on the grounds that it is likely in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if they were present, exempt information within Paragraph 3  (Finance or Business Affairs) of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), would be disclosed and it is considered that, in all the circumstances, the public interest in excluding public access to the relevant part of the proceedings outweighs the interest in publication of the report.

It is in the public interest in maintaining these exemptions because it is in the overriding interest of proper administration that Members are made fully aware of the financial implications of any decision.

The Strategic Director of Corporate Resources will submit a report (Not for Publication Document “AJ”) which provides an update to the Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee on the financial and social value performance of ISG.

Recommended –

That the recommendation contained in Not for Publication Document “AJ” be approved.

(Peter Keeley – 01274 431103)

The Chair of the Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee will submit a report (Document “AK”) which includes proposed items for the Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee work programme for 2022/23.  Members are asked to consider which items should be included in the work programme.

Recommended –

(1)       That Members consider and comment on the areas of work to be         carried forward into the municipal year 2022/23.

(2)       That Members consider any detailed scrutiny reviews that they            may wish to conduct.

 (Mustansir Butt - 01274 432574)