Agenda

To appoint a Chair to the GMCA Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the 2024/25 municipal year.

To note that at its meeting on 14 June 2024 the GM Combined Authority appointed the following Members to the GMCA Overview & Scrutiny Committeefor the 2023/24 municipal year:

Members:

Substitutes:

To note the requirements under the Members Code of Conduct and request that all members complete their Annual Declaration of Interest Form and return it to the Governance & Scrutiny Officer.

To note the Terms of Reference of the GMCA Overview & Scrutiny Committee.

To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting.

A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda; please ensure that this is returned to the Governance & Scrutiny Officer at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.

To consider the approval of the minutes of the meeting held on 20 March 2024 as a correct and accurate record.

Report of Councillor Nadim Muslim, Chair of the GMCA Overview & Scrutiny Committee for 2023/24.

Report of Andy Burnham, GM Mayor and Amy Foots, Head of Strategy & Transformation, GMCA

Report of Andy Burnham, GM Mayor and John Wrathmell, Director, Strategy Economy and Research, GMCA

Report of Nicola Ward, Statutory Scrutiny Officer, GMCA

Future meetings will be held at 1pm to 3.30pm on the following dates:

·       14 August 2024

·       25 September 2024

·       23 October 2024

·       27 November 2024

·       11 December 2024

·       29 January 2025

·       12 February 2025

·       26 February 2025

·       26 March 2025

That, under section 100 (A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public should be excluded from the meeting for the following items on business on the grounds that this involved the likely disclosure of exempt information, as set out in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

Report of Andy Burnham, GM Mayor and John Wrathmell, Director, Strategy  Economy and Research, GMCA