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FILMING AT MEETINGS Please note that this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on.
By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.
The chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council. Minutes: The Chair referred Members present to item one on the agenda in respect of filming at the meeting and Members noted the information contained therein.
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Moyeed. Cllr Connor chaired the meeting as the Vice-Chair. |
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Urgent Business The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business. (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with at item below). Minutes: There were no items of urgent business
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Declarations of Interest A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:
(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and (ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.
A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.
Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct Minutes: None. |
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Deputations/Petitions/Presentations/Questions To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B, paragraph 29 of the Council’s constitution. Minutes: None. |
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To agree the minutes of the meetings on the 20th January 2022 and 21st February 2022, as a correct record Additional documents: Minutes: RESOLVED
That the minutes of the meetings on the 20th January 2022 and 21st February 2022, were agreed as a correct record.
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MINUTES OF SCRUTINY PANEL MEETINGS To receive and note the minutes of the following Scrutiny Panels and to approve any recommendations contained within:
· Children and Young People’s – 4th January 2021 · Adults and Health – 16th December 2020 · Environment and Community Safety – 14th December 2021 · Housing and Regeneration – 9th December 2021 Additional documents:
Minutes: RESOLVED
That the minutes of the following Scrutiny Panels were noted and approved and any recommendations contained within were also approved:
· Children and Young People’s – 4th January 2021 · Adults and Health – 16th December 2020 · Environment and Community Safety – 14th December 2021 · Housing and Regeneration – 9th December 2021
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Verbal update. Additional documents: Minutes: The Panel received a presentation on Universal Credit, which was tabled at the meeting, and introduced by Phylis Fealy, Haringey Employment and Partnership Manager at the Department for Work and Pensions and Ian Smith (DWP). Andy Briggs, AD for Corporate and Customer Services and Jim Brady, Service Manager for Customer Services were also present for this agenda item. The following arose in discussion of the presentation:
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Update on the Fairness Commission Minutes: The Committee received a report which provided an update on the recommendations from the Fairness Commission. The report was introduced by Jean Taylor, Head of Policy and Claire McCarthy, AD for Strategy, Communications and Delivery was also present for this item. The following arose during the discussion of this item:
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Scrutiny Review into Child Poverty Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee received the report from a Scrutiny Review into Child Poverty from the Children and Young People Scrutiny Panel. The report and covering report were included in the agenda pack at page 79 and it was introduced by Cllr Gunes, the Chair of the Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Panel. The following arose as part of the discussion of this agenda item:
RESOLVED That the Committee approved the report and its recommendations and agreed that it be submitted to Cabinet for response.
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Scrutiny Review on the Future of Seven Sisters Market (Wards Corner) Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee received a report on a Scrutiny Review into the future of Seven Sisters Market, carried out by the Housing and Regeneration Scrutiny Panel. The report was introduced by Cllr White, Chair of the Housing and Regeneration Scrutiny Panel as set out in the supplementary report pack at page 1. The following arose during the discussion of this item: a. The Committee raised concerns about an alleged £2m loan that was given by the Seven Sisters New Deal for Communities to Grainger in around 2002, which was supposed to be used to provide housing as part of the original development scheme with Grainger. A query was raised about what happened to that money and whether, in light of the Development Agreement being terminated, this money should be transferred to the NDC’s successor the Bridge Renewal Trust. The Committee agreed to ask officers for a written response on this issue. (Action: Scrutiny Officer). b. The Committee welcomed the report and welcomed the fact that the report advocated the need to being the different trader groups together in whatever format the future market site took.
RESOLVED
That the Committee approved the report and its recommendations and approved it for submission to Cabinet for a response. |
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Scrutiny Review - Adult Social Care Commissioning & Co-production To follow Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee received a report on a Scrutiny Review into Adult Social Care Commissioning & Co-production, carried out by the Adults and Health Scrutiny Panel. The report was introduced by Cllr Connor, Chair of the Adults and Health Scrutiny Panel as set out in the second supplementary report pack at page 1. The following arose during the discussion of this item: a. The Committee welcomed the report and its recommendations. In particular the Committee welcomed the attempt to define what was meant by co-production and also welcomed the recommendation around introducing a pilot project for an in-house care team. b. The Committee welcomed the attempt to clarify exactly what was meant by the term co-production and noted that the word was used extensively by the Council, often without any clarification as to what it meant. A co-optee commented that there were a number of good examples of co-production, such as the Autism Hub. However, it was commented that the setting up of Disability Action Haringey should not be seen as an example of co-production, as it was very much local authority led. Concerns were noted that further thought should be given as to how to reconcile differences in what the local authority wants compared to those of community groups, in relation to future co-production workstreams. The Chair agreed to add some additional comments into the report, in order to address these concerns. (Action: Cllr Connor/Dominic O’Brien).
RESOLVED
That the Committee approved the report and its recommendations and approved it for submission to Cabinet for a response.
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Scrutiny Review - Sheltered Housing: Access to Health and Social Care Services To follow Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee received a report on a Scrutiny Review into Sheltered Housing, carried out by the Adults and Health Scrutiny Panel. The report was introduced by Cllr Connor, Chair of the Adults and Health Scrutiny Panel as set out in the third supplementary report pack at page 1. The following arose during the discussion of this item: a. The Committee welcomed the report and its recommendations. b. The Committee suggested that in relation to recommendation 9 of the report - relating to the fact that automatic updates should be produced whenever repair dates were scheduled or amended; that this should apply across Council owned properties not just sheltered housing. c. The Committee suggested that a further piece of work should be carried out in future in relation to sheltered housing or assisted living accommodation that was managed by other providers, such as housing associations. In response, the Committee agreed to make a recommendation that this be added to the future work programme of the Adults and Health Panel. (Action: Cllr Connor/Dominic O’Brien).
RESOLVED
That the Committee approved the report and its recommendations and approved it for submission to Cabinet for a response.
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Work Programme Update Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee noted its work programme for the year.
The Committee put forward the following suggested agenda items for the first meeting of the 2022/23 municipal year: · An update on the recommendations from the Scrutiny Review into Fire Safety in High Rise blocks. This should also include a separate update on the progress of work being done to remove ACM cladding from housing blocks in the borough, including what support is offered to private leaseholders that face potentially huge bills for its removal. · A further update on the fairness Commission including reference to what has been implemented to date.
In relation to the Gambling Review which was held on 8th March, the Committee agreed to have an informal meeting to pull together the recommendations from this review. Officers agreed to send round a meeting invite. (Action: Dominic O’Brien).
The Committee agreed to roll over the Scrutiny Review on Violence against Women and Girls into the 2022/23 municipal year. It was noted that it had not been possible to finish the review this year due to resource limitations, both within the Scrutiny Team as well as within Public Health.
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I. That the work programme for 2021-22 was noted. II. That the Scrutiny Review on Violence against Women and Girls be rolled over into the work plan for the 2022/23 municipal year. |
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New Items of Urgent Business Minutes: None. |
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A.O.B. Minutes: None. |
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Future meetings None Minutes: None. |