To consider the draft work programme for Herefordshire Council’s scrutiny committees for the municipal year 2024/25.

The Statutory Scrutiny Officer presented the draft work programme for scrutiny committees for the municipal year 2024/25. In particular, it was recommended that Local Authority Housing Delivery Models item be brought back to the next committee meeting on 13 November 2024 with the final report from Three Dragons.

It was noted that dates were added for 2025 including in May, July, and September. Currently, no items are down for each of those meetings and it is for the committee to have an informal meeting to discuss how it uses the time it is granted for each of the committee meetings listed above and how it might/might not incorporate any suggestions made into its work programme.

The Chairperson requested that an informal work programme discussion be arranged for committee members in the first week of November. 

Resolved:

a)    That the work programme, as amended and subject to periodical reviews, be agreed as the basis of the primary focus for the committee for the remainder of the municipal year 2024/25.

b)    The committee note the work programme for the other scrutiny committees, and identify any opportunities for collaboration or alignment of work.