Agenda

The Future Oxfordshire Partnership Scrutiny Panel

Tuesday 15 March 2022 at 6.30 pm

Virtual meeting viewable by weblink

Contact: Kevin Jacob, Future Oxfordshire Partnership Democratic Services Officer

E-mail: futureoxfordshirepartnership@southandvale.gov.uk

Telephone: 07917 088356

Website: www.futureoxfordshirepartnership.org

Members:

Councillor Jabu Nala-Hartley Councillor Katherine Miles Councillor Lucy Pegg	Oxford City Council
Councillor Adam Nell Councillor David Hughes Councillor Sean Woodcock, (Vice-Chair)	Cherwell District Council
Councillor Andrew Gant, (Chair) Councillor Brad Baines Councillor Liam Walker	Oxfordshire County Council
Councillor Peter Dragonetti Councillor David Turner Councillor Victoria Haval	South Oxfordshire District Council
Councillor Andy Cooke Councillor Matt Barber Councillor Samantha Bowring	Vale of White Horse District Council
Councillor Derek Cotterill Councillor Alex Postan Councillor Dan Levy	West Oxfordshire District Council

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

To watch this meeting, follow this link to the Future Oxfordshire Partnership’s YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/xhgxKIDAN60 Arrangements are subject to change at short notice so please refer to the agenda page at https://democratic.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=636&MId=2971

AGENDA

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

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Minutes of the previous meeting (Pages 6 - 12)

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 17 January 2022.

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Public participation (To Follow)

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 no later than 17:00 on Wednesday 9 March 2022. Questions and addresses submitted should be no longer than one side of A4 paper in Arial 12 font. The address or question will be circulated to the Panel and public speakers will be invited to speak at the virtual meeting. 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 futureoxfordshirepartnership@southandvale.gov.uk

Note: This meeting may be recorded for live broadcast via the Future Oxfordshire Partnership’s YouTube Channel - at the start of the meeting the Chair will confirm the meeting is being filmed. By registering to speak you are consenting to being recorded and to the use of those video and audio recordings for webcasting.

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Oxfordshire's Innovation Ecosystem Update (Verbal Report)

To consider a presentation to be given to the Future Oxfordshire Partnership by Prof Chas Bountra (Pro-Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Professor of Translational Medicine, University of Oxford) concerning the opportunities presented by Oxfordshire’s Innovation Ecosystem.

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Enhanced partnership with local bus operators (Pages 13 - 21)

To receive an update to the Future Oxfordshire Partnership concerning enhanced partnership with local bus operators.

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Future Oxfordshire Partnership response to Scrutiny Panel recommendations (Pages 22 - 24)

To consider the Future Oxfordshire Partnership’s response to the recommendations from the Scrutiny Panel meeting held on 17 January 2022.

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7.	Housing and Growth Deal Reports

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Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal Progress Report - Year 4, Quarter 3 (Pages 25 - 34)

To consider a report to the Future Oxfordshire Partnership setting out the Year 4, Quarter 3 progress report for the Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal.

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Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal Financial Report - Year 4, Quarter 3 (Pages 35 - 42)

To consider a report to the Future Oxfordshire Partnership setting out a financial summary for Year 4, Quarter 3 for the Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal.

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(c)

Infrastructure Advisory Group update (To Follow)

To receive an update from the Infrastructure Advisory Group.

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(d)

Oxfordshire Plan 2050 Advisory Group update (Pages 43 - 48)

To receive the summary notes from the meetings of the Oxfordshire Plan Advisory Group 2050 held on 16 December 2022 and 20 January 2022.

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Environment Advisory Group update (Pages 49 - 52)

To receive the summary notes of the meeting of the Environment Advisory Group held on 28 January 2022.

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Oxford to Cambridge Arc Update (Verbal Report)

To receive any relevant update from the Director of the Future Oxfordshire Partnership concerning developments within the Oxford to Cambridge Arc.

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Work programme for the Scrutiny Panel and action log - March 2022 (Pages 53 - 58)

To discuss the draft work programme for the Panel and status of actions from the previous meeting.

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Dates of next meetings

The dates of confirmed future Scrutiny Panel meetings are below. Please refer to https://futureoxfordshirepartnership.org/meetings/ for the most up to date information on times and locations.

· Tuesday 7 June 2022

· Tuesday 19 July 2022

· Tuesday 20 September 2022

· Tuesday 22 November 2022

· Wednesday 18 January 2023

· Monday 13 March 2023

· Tuesday 6 June 2023

· Tuesday 18 July 2023

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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 themselves, 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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