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 29 February 2024. 

The deadline for submission of questions for this meeting is:

5pm on 22 March 2024.

Questions must be submitted to councillorservices@herefordshire.gov.uk. Questions sent to any other address may not be accepted.

Accepted questions and the response to them will be published as a supplement to the agenda papers prior to the meeting. Further information and guidance is available at https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/getinvolved

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.

Three reports from scrutiny committees:

1.     Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee: Corporate Parenting Service and Corporate Parenting Board

2.     Connected Communities Scrutiny Committee: The policy, prioritisation and delivery of section 106 funding

3.     Scrutiny Management Board: Hoople Ltd

To request a response from the executive regarding recommendations arising from the meeting of the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee on 12 March 2024

To request a response from the executive regarding the recommendations arising from the meeting of the Connected Communities Scrutiny Committee on 27 February 2024

To request a response from the executive regarding the recommendations arising from the meeting of the Scrutiny Management Board on 19 March 2024

The purpose of this report is to approve the Herefordshire & Worcestershire All-Age Autism Strategy (2024-29).

To agree an increase in value offered as an investment to Wye Valley Trust to enable the development of an Education Centre at Hereford County Hospital. To further explore options around a strategic investment partnership and bring a business case back to cabinet for approval in Autumn 2024.

To share the feedback letter from Ofsted following their fourth Monitoring Visit conducted on 21 - 22 February 2024.

Report to follow.

The report seeks Cabinet’s agreement to the revised priorities within the Hereford Transport Strategy and to agree to draw down investment in new road infrastructure to improve network resilience and support the growth and development of Herefordshire in accordance with the current Local Transport Plan and Core Strategy policy frameworks.