To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive declarations of interests in respect of Table A, Table B or Other Interests from members of the committee in respect of items on the agenda.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 25 June 2026.

The deadline for submission of questions for this meeting is:

5pm on 24^th July 2026.

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Accepted questions and the response to them will be published as a supplement to the agenda papers prior to the meeting.

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To receive questions from members of the public.

To receive questions from councillors.

To receive reports from the Council’s scrutiny committees on any recommendations to the Cabinet arising from recent scrutiny committee meetings.

Report from Scrutiny Management Board: The CQC inspection report and the council’s action plan in response  

That Cabinet approves Herefordshire’s CQC Assurance improvement plan 2026-2027

Cabinet note the improvement made in Children’s Services and the positive report completed by the DFE appointed commissioner and note the formal lifting of the statutory direction placed on Children’s Services.

To consider and approve the Big Economic Delivery Plan

To receive the report on the outcome of the Local Government Association Corporate Peer Challenge Progress Review, held on 28 May 2026, and to endorse the continued delivery of the council’s action plan in response to the original recommendations.

That the new Parking Strategy for Herefordshire is adopted by cabinet

In the opinion of the Proper Officer, Appendix B of the following item will not be, or is likely not to be, open to the public and press at the time it is considered.

RECOMMENDATION:           that under section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12(A) of the Act, as indicated below and it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

3          Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person

Following the successful award and mobilisation of the new recyclables and waste collection service, Cabinet resolved to approve the introduction of the new food waste collections scheme in May 2025. This report recommends the optimal approach to implementing this scheme and sets out the rationale for this recommendation against other potential options.