Issue - meetings

To set out the Work Programme of the Policy Development Panel (report of the Assistant Director – Governance enclosed).

Consideration was given to the report of the Assistant Director – Governance with set out the work programme of the Policy Development Panel.

The Chairman introduced the report to members.

• Appendix A listed the scheduled meetings for 2025/26 with expected items populated against each meeting. A number of items for the 23 September 2025 meeting were in the process of being confirmed;

• Appendix B outlined the task groups of the Panel. As there were no current task groups running, the Chairman asked members to consider any meaningful topics that would benefit from the investigatory work of a task group; and

• The Special Joint Performance Monitoring Panel and Policy Development Panel arranged for 15 July 2025 had been cancelled and replaced by an informal member workshop.

Members considered the report and made the following comments:

• Members suggested a new task group exploring Local Government Re-organisation (LGR). Some members queried whether a task group could influence policy in respect of LGR.
  • The Chairman agreed that the subject warranted investigation, that the topic be added as a task group to the Work Programme and that members be appointed to the task group at or before the 25 November 2025 Policy Development Panel meeting.

AGREED:

That the work programme of the Policy Development Panel be noted.