To receive details of any councillor nominated to attend the meeting in place of a member of the committee.

To receive declarations of interest in respect of items on the agenda.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 9 June 2026.  

The deadline for the submission of questions for this meeting is 5.00 pm on Wednesday 15 July 2026.

Questions can be submitted via the Online questions portal Further information and guidance is available at Get involved - Herefordshire Council

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

Full details about asking questions and the deadlines at public meetings can be found here: constitution of the council.

To receive any questions from members of the public.

To receive any questions from councillors.

To provide an update on the number of exemptions (waivers) to Contact Procedure Rules (CPRs) which have been granted for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 and provide assurance that exemptions are robustly controlled, appropriately justified, and compliant with governance requirements.

To inform the committee of performance in the areas of complaints, data incidents and requests for information made to the council over the municipal year 2025/26.

To enable the committee to be assured that high standards of conduct continue to be promoted and maintained. To provide an overview of how the arrangements for dealing with complaints are working together.

To provide assurance of the adequacy of the council’s risk management framework and internal controls in 2025/26. 

To report progress on the external audit of the council’s 2025/26 draft financial statements.

To update members on the progress of internal audit work and to bring to their attention any key internal control issues arising from work recently completed.

To assure the committee that action is being taken on risk related issues identified by internal audit. This is monitored through acceptance of agreed management actions and progress updates in implementing the action plans. In addition, occasions where audit actions not accepted by management are documented if it is considered that the course of action proposed by management presents a risk in terms of the effectiveness of or compliance with the council’s control environment. 

To present the updated Internal Audit Plan for 2026/27 for approval by Committee. 

To consider the work programme for the committee.

Tuesday 29 September 2026.