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 25 September 2025.  

Deadline for receipt of questions is 5pm on Wednesday 22 October 2025.

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 www.herefordshire.gov.uk/getinvolved

To receive any questions from members of the public.

To receive any questions from councillors.

To consider the final, updated external audit findings report for the year ended 31 March 2025.  This report was considered by the Committee at the September meeting.  All findings remain unchanged with the exception of the fee analysis for 2024/25 which includes final fee variations.

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 provide an update to the Committee about the operation of Regulatory Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) within the Council.

To update the Committee as to the operation of the Whistleblowing Policy.

To provide an update on progress in respect of actions identified to deliver continuous improvement in governance arrangements.

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

To update the committee on the current status of the energy from waste loan arrangements to enable the committee to fulfil its delegated functions.

To consider the work programme for the committee.

Tuesday 27 January 2025. 2pm.