Agenda

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Items
Note No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Declarations of Interest

3.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 158 KB

That the minutes of the meeting held on 7 November 2024 be confirmed as a correct record.

4.

Public Questions

Public Questions is an opportunity for people who live, work or study in Buckinghamshire to put a question to a Select Committee. The Committee will hear from members of the public who have submitted questions in advance relating to items on the agenda. The Cabinet Member, relevant key partners and responsible officers will be invited to respond.

 

Further information on how to register can be found here: https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/your-council/get-involved-with-council-decisions/select-committees/

10.10 am

5.

East West Rail pdf icon PDF 181 KB

The Committee will receive an update report on the East West Rail project and hear from representatives from East West Rail.

 

Contributors:

 

East West Rail Alliance

Mark James, Alliance Director

 

East West Rail Company

Mark Conway, Development Programme Manager (Oxford to Bletchley)

 

Network Rail

Edmund Waddelove, Senior Sponsor – East West Rail

Oliver Walsom-Pridmore, Sponsor – East West Rail

 

Buckinghamshire Council

Cllr Steve Broadbent, Cabinet Member for Transport

Cllr Peter Martin, Deputy Cabinet Member for Transport – HS2/East West Rail

Steve Bambrick, Corporate Director for Planning Growth & Sustainability

Eric Owens, Service Director for Planning & Environment

Daniel Gigg, Major Development Manager (Acting)

11.15 am

6.

Water Infrastructure

Following the TECC inquiry into water quality in 2022, Anglian Water and Thames Water have been invited to update the Committee on their infrastructure plans in the county.

 

Contributors:

 

Anglian Water

Martin Bowes, Water Quality Policy and Strategy Manager

 

Thames Water

To follow

12.15 pm

7.

Climate Change & Air Quality Strategy: Annual Review pdf icon PDF 145 KB

The Committee will annually review the strategy following its adoption on 19 October 2021.

 

Contributors:

Councillor Thomas Broom, Cabinet Member for Climate Change & Environment

Steve Bambrick, Corporate Director for Planning Growth & Sustainability

Eric Owens, Service Director for Planning & Environment

Alexander Beckett, Energy & Climate Change Manager

David Johnson, Climate Response Team Leader  

Additional documents:

1.00 pm

8.

Streetworks & Statutory Undertaker review report: 12-month update pdf icon PDF 141 KB

The Committee will receive a 6-month update on the recommendations made by the Streetworks Working Group in its report submitted to Cabinet in 2023.

 

Contributors:

Councillor Steven Broadbent, Cabinet Member for Transport

Richard Barker, Corporate Director for Communities

Kevin Goad, Service Director for Highways & Technical Services

Christine Urry, Head of Network Strategy and Management

Additional documents:

1.15 pm

9.

Performance Monitoring Q2 and Q3 pdf icon PDF 934 KB

To consider the performance monitoring reports that have been submitted to Cabinet.

Additional documents:

10.

Work Programme pdf icon PDF 40 KB

The Select Committee will consider the upcoming work programme.

11.

Date of Next Meeting

Thursday 13 March 2025 at 2pm.

Information Only

12.

Update on Electric Vehicle Chargepoints pdf icon PDF 1 MB

This report has been included to the Select Committee for information only. Any questions should be referred to the Senior Scrutiny Officer following the meeting.