Agenda

Oxfordshire Growth Board Scrutiny Panel

Wednesday 21 October 2020 at 6.30 pm

Virtual meeting viewable by a weblink

From 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, the Oxfordshire Growth Board meetings are managed by Vale of White Horse District Council.

Contact: Kevin Jacob, Growth Board Democratic Services Officer

E-mail: democratic.services@oxfordshiregrowthboard.org

Telephone: 01235 422191

Website: www.oxfordshiregrowthboard.org

Members:

Councillor Andrew Gant (Chair) Councillor John Tanner Councillor Craig Simmons	Oxford City Council
Councillor Tom Wallis Councillor Lucinda Wing Councillor Sean Woodcock, (Vice-Chair)	Cherwell District Council
Councillor Nick Carter Councillor Damian Haywood Councillor Richard Webber	Oxfordshire County Council
Councillor Peter Dragonetti Councillor David Turner Councillor Sarah Gray	South Oxfordshire District Council
Councillor Andy Cooke Councillor Jenny Hannaby Councillor Matt Barber	Vale of White Horse District Council
Councillor Derek Cotterill Councillor Alex Postan Councillor Julian Cooper	West Oxfordshire District Council

The quorum is six members, one from each council. Substitutes are allowed and should be notified to the contact above.

The meeting will be web streamed. Please see the note at http://democratic.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=604&MId=2819 on how to observe the meeting.

As a matter of courtesy, if you intend to record the meeting please let the contact officer know in advance of this meeting.

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1.	Apologies for absence, substitutes; declarations of interest and Chair's announcements

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Public participation

Members of the public may submit an address or question in writing to the Scrutiny Panel, where full notice of the question or address is given to the secretariat.

Important Note: The Chair has decided to exercise the discretion open to him to alter the public participation procedure for this meeting by extending the deadline for the submission of questions and addresses to no later than 17:00 on Tuesday 20 October 2020.

Questions and addresses submitted should be no longer than one side of A4 paper in Ariel 12 font. The address or question will be circulated to the Panel and public speakers will be invited to speak at the virtual meeting, subject to technical arrangements being in place. Written submissions may also be read out by the Chair or Democratic Services Officer where requested or if the person making the request for public speaking is not able to attend the meeting. A response may be given at the meeting or a written answer supplied.

Questions and notice of addresses must be submitted to democratic.services@oxfordshiregrowthboard.org

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Oxfordshire Strategic Vision (To Follow)

To review a report to the Growth Board proposing the endorsement of an approach for setting a Strategic Vision for Oxfordshire.

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Oxford to Cambridge Arc Economic Prospectus Update (Pages 5 - 28)

To consider a report to the Growth Board recommending that it endorse the Oxford to Cambridge Arc Economic Prospectus as submitted to HM Government.

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Dates of next meetings

The dates of future Scrutiny Panel meetings are below.

· Tues 17 November 2020 6.30 pm

· Tues 19 Jan 2021 6.30 pm

· Tues 16 Feb 2021 6.30 pm

· Tues 16 Mar 2021 6.30 pm

· Tues 1 June 2021 6.30 pm

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Councillors’ duties on declaring interests

General duty

You must declare any disclosable pecuniary interests when the meeting reaches the item on the agenda headed “Declarations of Interest” or as soon as it becomes apparent to you.

What is a disclosable pecuniary interest?

Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to your* employment; sponsorship (ie payment for expenses incurred by you in carrying out your duties as a councillor or towards your election expenses); contracts; land in the council’s area; licences for land in the council’s area; corporate tenancies; and securities. These declarations must be recorded in each councillor’s register of interests which is publicly available on the council’s website.

Declaring an interest

Where any matter disclosed in your register of interests is being considered at a meeting, you must declare that you have an interest. You should also disclose the nature as well as the existence of the interest. If you have a disclosable pecuniary interest, after having declared it at the meeting you must not participate in discussion or voting on the item and must withdraw from the meeting whilst the matter is discussed.

Member’s Code of Conduct and public perception

Even if you do not have a disclosable pecuniary interest in a matter, the Councillors’ Code of Conduct says that a member “must serve only the public interest and must never improperly confer an advantage or disadvantage on any person including yourself” and that “you must not place yourself in situations where your honesty and integrity may be questioned”. What this means is that the matter of interests must be viewed within the context of the code as a whole and regard should continue to be paid to the perception of the public.

*Disclosable pecuniary interests that must be declared are not only those of the member her or himself but also those of the member’s spouse, civil partner or person they are living with as husband or wife or as if they were civil partners.

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