Issue - meetings

Members of the public can speak for up to 3 minutes each. The total time for this session is 30 minutes so speaking time will be reduced if more than 10 people wish to speak.

If you wish to present a petition or make a statement and speak at the meeting, you are required to give notice of your intention by noon on the working day before the meeting by e-mail to democratic.services@westofengland-ca.gov.uk.The deadline is 12pm on 25^th May 2022.

The Chair then advised that 5 statements had been received in advance of the meeting. The statements had been circulated to committee members and were available to view on the Combined Authority web site.

The following members of the public attended the meeting and addressed the Committee for up to three minutes each:

1.     Christina Briggs

2.     David Redgewell

3.     Brendon Taylor

4.     Cllr Tim Rippington

The Chair invited Richard Bonner (LEP Board Chair) to address the Committee with his statement (attached as Appendix 1 to these minutes).  Richard Bonner invited the Committee to support provision of additional funding to preserve current buss services as much as possible in order to help support citizens’ jobs and services, to work with unions and business on which bus services may be affected, and to engage with citizens and principal stakeholders to manage implications of mitigations measures.

The Chair invited Councillor Winston Duguid, Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, to address the Committee.  Councillor Duguid commented that walking, cycling and traveling by bus was essential in reducing car usage in the area, and asked the Committee to come up with a solution, even if that would be short term solution.

The Chair thanked everyone who has submitted a statement by saying that all the comments have been noted and would be taken into account by the Committee today.