Agenda and minutes

To elect a Chair for the meeting.

It was moved, seconded and agreed that Councillor Jenny Headlam-Wells be elected chair for the meeting.

RESOLVED –

THAT Councillor Jenny Headlam-Wells be elected chair for the meeting.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Don Williams.

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Joint Chairs of Scrutiny Committee

1.         To consider the Leader’s Annual Statement to Council at a meeting held shortly after the Statement is given (with the Leader’s Annual Statement being usually delivered at the first Council meeting after the annual meeting) and any other relevant cross-cutting business of the Cabinet, or business deemed relevant by the advice of the Chief Executive.

2.    To consider, in particular, areas and a programme of joint working by the scrutiny committees (see Part 3 of the Constitution) with the power, for the purposes of individual projects, of agreeing to vary terms of reference between the committees (subject always to statutory provisions) to facilitate joint and cross-cutting scrutiny working.

3.      To agree the allocation of scrutiny panels between scrutiny committees for the forthcoming year based on the council’s agreed priorities within existing resources.

RESOLVED

THAT the following terms of reference be noted

‘Joint Chairs of Scrutiny Committee

1.         To consider the Leader’s Annual Statement to Council at a meeting held shortly after the Statement is given (with the Leader’s Annual Statement being usually delivered at the first Council meeting after the annual meeting) and any other relevant cross-cutting business of the Cabinet, or business deemed relevant by the advice of the Chief Executive.

2.    To consider, in particular, areas and a programme of joint working by the scrutiny committees (see Part 3 of the Constitution) with the power, for the purposes of individual projects, of agreeing to vary terms of reference between the committees (subject always to statutory provisions) to facilitate joint and cross-cutting scrutiny working.

3.      To agree the allocation of scrutiny panels between scrutiny committees for the forthcoming year based on the council’s agreed priorities within existing resources. ‘

To consider the minutes of the meeting held on 11^th February 2016

Consideration was given to the minutes of the meeting held on 11^th February 2016.

RESOLVED –

THAT the minutes of the meeting held on 11^th February 2016 be agreed and signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Leader of the Council.

To consider the Leader of the Council’s Annual Statement to Full Council on 20^th June 2016.

Consideration was given to the Annual Leader’s statement as considered by the full Council meeting on 20^th June 2016, and set out in the agenda papers.

The Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council gave the following key responses to Members questions:

Community Investment Programme (CIP)

The Council was working through the implications of the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU) and the impact it would have on its revenue streams, project proposals and the operation of its future service provision. One of the Council’s major schemes was its CIP which was using the sale of Council owned land to help fund new housing and upgrades to school buildings. Here the UK’s exit from the EU would, at least in the short to medium-term, mean uncertainty in the financial markets, which would most likely mean that investors may be more cautious in seeking to undertake redevelopment schemes in the UK. The volatility in the value of sterling would also play a role in relation to investor confidence in the UK, which again could impact on the Council’s CIP. It was hoped that these changes in investor confidence would not lead to any changes to the exiting CIP, but a lot more uncertainty now surrounded the future programme.

The Governor of the Bank of England was seeking to reassure global investors of the overall strength of the UK Economy, and was considering lowering interest rates as a means of encouraging continuing investment into the UK. But the financial markets were now much more volatile so the Council was looking at other alternatives to seek to protect its CIP.

Health Service Provision in Camden

The National Health Service would not be given £350 Million a week new resources as suggested by those people wishing to leave the EU, during the referendum campaign. The referendum result had now placed a huge question mark over the UK’s macro-economic stability. This in turn could have an impact on the resources available to fund health provision in this country.

The Council’s Health and Wellbeing Board (H&WB) was currently considering the development of the Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) for North Central London, which in line with NHS Planning Guidance, sets out how NHS organisations (CCGs and providers) would work with local authorities to improve health and wellbeing outcomes, care quality and financial sustainability. Currently the STP focussed more on the financial challenges rather than the transformative service opportunities that could arise through the development of a shared plan.

The Council’s H&WB would continue progressing the work around developing the STP, and the Council’s Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee played a vital role in holding the respective agencies involved in health and adult social care provision to account. 

The Council would be working with the new Mayor of London’s to ensure that he was aware of what London’s local authorities Leaders saw as the key challenges and opportunities for health provision in London. The Mayor of London’s voice would carry more  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

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