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Apologies for Absence Additional documents: Minutes: Apologies were received from Ms A Macpherson, Mr S Lambert. |
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Declarations of Interest To disclose any personal or disclosable pecuniary interests. Additional documents: Minutes: Mr S Bowles declared an interest in relation to Item 6 as he sat on the Local Enterprise Partnership Board.
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Of the meeting held on 06 November 2018. Additional documents: Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on the 6 November 2018 were agreed as an accurate record subject to the following change: · Ms L Clarke OBE was absent but recorded as present. |
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Public Questions This is an opportunity for members of the public to put a question or raise an issue of concern, related to Environment, Transport and Locality Services. Where possible, the relevant organisation to which the question/issue is directed will be present to give a verbal response. Members of the public will be invited to speak for up to four minutes on their issue. A maximum of 30 minutes is set aside for the Public Questions slot in total (including responses and any Committee discussion). This may be extended with the Chairman’s discretion.
For full guidance on Public Questions, including how to register a request to speak during this slot, please follow this link:
https://www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/council-and-democracy/getting-involved/how-to-get-involved/ Additional documents: Minutes: There were none. |
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Chairman's Report For the Chairman of the Committee to provide an update to the Committee on recent scrutiny related activity. Additional documents: Minutes: The Chairman had nothing to report. |
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Local Enterprise Partnership Review Update and Local Industrial Strategy Members will receive an update on the work of the Bucks Thames Valley Local Enterprise Partnership (BTVLEP).
In particular, Members will review the BTVLEP’s response to, and progress towards the recommendations made in the Government review of Local Enterprise Partnerships and the key challenges and opportunities.
Members will also have an opportunity to consider the draft Local Industrial Strategy.
Background information required for this item can be found below: · Government LEP Review July 2018 - Full report and Recommendations · BTVLEP response to the governments recommendations-Implementation Plan · BTVLEP Response - Board Meeting Paper · Local Industrial Strategy - BTVLEP Website · Local Industrial Strategy Prospectus
Other useful information can be found in BTVLEP Board Meeting Minutes
· BTVLEP Board Meeting Report to agree Response and Implementation Plan · BTVLEP Accountability and Assurance Framework
Contributors: · Martin Tett, Leader Buckinghamshire County Council · Neil Gibson, Executive Director, TEE · Richard Harrington, Chief Executive BTVLEP Additional documents: Minutes: The Chairman welcomed Mr Tett, Leader of the Council; Mr Harrington, Chief Executive of Buckinghamshire Thames Valley Local Enterprise Partnership (BTVLEP) and Mr Gibson, Executive Director for TEE Business Unit.
Mr Harrington introduced the item with a verbal presentation and provided an overview of the current work of the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The full discussion can be viewed on the webcast of the meeting.
Mr Harrington highlighted the following points:
· There had been £100m government funding into LEP’s over the last 5 years. · The government review of LEPS was reported on in November 2017. · In January 2018 government had produced guidelines around governance and transparency of LEPs. · In July 2018 there was a strengthening LEPs review. · BTVLEP responded in September 2018 around geography and in October in relation to governance recommendations. · In December 2018 BTVLEP circulated their first draft of their Local Industrial Strategy (LIS) – (details and links to the LIS can be found in agenda pack). · The BTVLEP would be finalising their economic vision in June 2019.
Mr Harrington provided a summary of the government’s LEP review and the BTVLEP response and progress towards the recommendations. The full response could be found on their website (links within the agenda pack). The overview highlighted the following:
· The review was in two parts: 1. Geography and 2. Governance and BTVLEP responded in October 2018. · There had been no official response from government. However, BTVLEP had moved forward on the recommendations. · In relation to the governance recommendations, BTVLEP now published all of its decisions and papers on their website and they had held their first annual general meeting on the 8th March 2019. They had also put in place urgent decision making processes. · The LEP review recommended private sector dominance on LEP boards. The guidance required two thirds majority of private sector Members. To retain the 5 public sector members, they had increased the number of board members to 15 and a recruitment process had been completed with an ongoing process for other vacancies. · LEPs were under the control of local authorities so they were required to have an independent secretariat. The BTVLEP were therefore revising a suite of secondments and service level agreements. · There had been significant improvement around governance and movement towards incorporation.
Mr Harrington also provided a verbal overview of the Local Industrial Strategy (LIS). The following points were raised: · BTVLEP was 1 of 3 trail blazing areas. · The purpose of the LIS was around increasing productivity and increasing earning potential. · A steering group had been established and stakeholder workshops were held to build the propriety areas for the LIS. · The draft LIS had been created and it was designed to be distinctive of place, identifying what the economic assets of place were and creating industries of place. Examples of Pinewood, Silverstone, Life sciences and future mobility and transportation were given. · The draft went to the Growth Board on the 11 January 19 and it would be on the website from 25th January for wider ... view the full minutes text for item 6. |
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Growth Inquiry; Is the Council Ready? 12 Month Recommendation Update PDF 89 KB Members will review and assess the progress towards completion and implementation of the Inquiry recommendations.
Contributors:
Martin Tett, Leader Bill Chapple, Cabinet Member for Planning and Environment Lisa Michelson, Head of Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Additional documents: Minutes: The Chairman welcomed Mr Tett, Leader; Mr Chapple, Cabinet Member for Planning and Environment; and Ms Michelson, Head of Strategic Infrastructure Planning.
The full discussion can be found on the webcast and the detail of the recommendation focus can be found in the progress report within the agenda.
Mr Tett introduced the item with an overview which included the following points:
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Committee Work Programme PDF 12 KB Members will agree upcoming items on the work programme and have an opportunity to discuss potential future topics to be considered.
The Committee will be developing their work programme for 2019/20 over the next couple of months. Additional documents: Minutes: Members noted that a work programme workshop would take place on the 5 March 2019 to develop the programme for 2019/20. |
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12.20pm |
Date of the Next Meeting The next meeting will be held on 05 March 2019 at 10:00am, County Hall, Mezzanine Room 1. Additional documents: Minutes: The next meeting will be held on the 5 March 2019 at 10:00am, at County Hall, Mezzanine Room 1. |