Meeting Details

Meeting Summary
Economy and Skills Overview and Scrutiny Committee
7 Jun 2023 - 10:00 to 11:12
Occurred
Committee Rooms 3 & 4
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  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests
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Documents

Agenda

Public Agenda
1 Notice of Recording/Webcast

The Chair to advise/meeting to note that this meeting will be webcast for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council's Public-I microsite (please click this link) and that members of the press/public may record and take photographs except where there are confidential or exempt items.

 

 

2 Apologies
To receive any apologies.
3 Declarations of Interests

Members are reminded they must declare all relevant  pecuniary and other registerable interests arising from any business to be discussed at this meeting.

 

If a disclosable pecuniary interest is declared a Member must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain in the room unless they have been granted a dispensation.

 

If other registerable interests are declared a Member may speak on the matter only if members of the public are allowed to speak at the meeting but otherwise must not take part in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain in the room unless they have been granted a dispensation.    

 

If it is a ‘sensitive interest’, Members do not have to disclose the nature of the interest, just that they have an interest.

 

Information on the Local Government Association’s Model Councillor Code of Conduct is set out via http://bit.ly/3WtGQnN. This includes, at Appendix 1, an interests flowchart which provides a simple guide to declaring interests at meetings.  

 

 

4 Appointment of Committee and Chair
To note the resolution of the City Council appointing the Committee, Chair and Members to serve on the Committee for the period ending with the Annual Meeting of the City Council 2024 as follows: -

 

Labour (5): -

Councillors Akhlaq Ahmed (Chair), Raqeeb Aziz, Bushra Bi, Katherine Iroh and Jamie Tennant.

 

Conservative (2): -

Councillors Simon Morrall and Richard Parkin.

 

Liberal Democrat (1): -

Councillor John Hunt

5 Election of Deputy Chair
To elect a Deputy Chair to substitute for the Chair if absent, for the period ending with the Annual Meeting of the City Council in 2024.
6 Economy and Skills O&S Committee Terms of Reference (10:10 – 10:15)
To note the Terms of Reference for the Economy and Skills Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
7 Minutes
To confirm the minutes from the meeting held on 26th April 2023.
8 Economy and Skills Overview and Scrutiny Committee Action Tracker
To review and note the actions from previous Economy and Skills Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting. 
9 Delivering Effective and Flexible Scrutiny (10:20 – 10:40)
To consider how the Economy and Skills Overview and Scrutiny Committee will develop a flexible and effective work programme for 2023/24.
10 Developing the Economy and Skills Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme 2023/24 (10:40: - 11:55)
To consider the issues for the 2023/24 work programme including Cabinet Member Priorities and forthcoming decisions, issues recommended to be carried forwards from 2022/23, information from the City Observatory; Programmes, Performance and Improvement Division to agree potential issues for the Scrutiny Work Programme and Scrutiny methods.
11 Request(s) for Call In/Councillor Call for Action/Petitions Received (if any)
To consider any request for call in/councillor call for action/petitions (if received). 
12 Other Urgent Business
To consider any items of business by reason of special circumstances (to be specified) that in the opinion of the Chair are matters of urgency.
13 Dates of Meetings of the Committee

To approve a schedule of dates for the Committee's meetings during 2023/2024.

(A)   The Chairman proposes that the Committee meets on the following Wednesdays at 1000 hours in the Council House (unless otherwise stated): -

 

2023                                        2024

12 July                                      10 January

6 September                           7 February

11 October                              6 March

8 November                          17 April

6 December

 

(B)   The Committee is also requested to Approve Wednesdays at 1000 hours as a suitable day and time each week for any additional meetings required to consider 'requests for call in' which may be lodged in respect of Executive decisions.

14 Authority to Chair and Officers
Chair to move:-

'In an urgent situation between meetings, the Chair jointly with the relevant Chief Officer has authority to act on behalf of the Committee'.

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending Apology
Councillor Richard Parkin 
Absent
NameReason for Absence
Councillor Bushra Bi 

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

Also in attendance at the above meeting were:

  • Paul Kitson, Strategic Director, Place, Prosperity And Sustainability
  • Paul Clarke, Assistant Director, Programmes, Performance and Improvement
  • Richard G Smith, Head of Head of Insight, Policy & Strategy
  • Raj Mack, Head of Digital City and Innovation
  • Razia Butt, Director for Thriving Children & Families
  • Hannah Redfern, Acting Head of Service, 14-19 Participation and Skills Team
  • Kev Jones, Head of Birmingham Careers Service
  • Greg Ward, Levelling Up Programme Lead (online)
  • Naomi Todd, Improvement and Change Partner Programmes, Performance & Improvement Division

 




___ Members of public expressed a desire to address the meeting.

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