Agenda

In the event of a fire, please await direction from the Bath & North East Somerset Council staff who will help assist with the evacuation. Please do not return to the building until instructed to do so by the fire warden(s).

To receive apologies for absence from Members.

Members who consider that they have an interest to declare are asked to: a) State the item number in which they have an interest, b) The nature of the interest, c) Whether the interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest, non-disclosable pecuniary interest or non-pecuniary interest. Any Member who is unsure about the above should seek advice from the Monitoring Officer prior to the meeting in order to expedite matters at the meeting itself.

To consider and approve the minutes from 25^th July 2018 of the West of England Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

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. For this meeting, this means that your submission must be received in this office by 12noon on Tuesday, 18^th September 2018.

If you wish to ask a question at the meeting, you are required to submit the question in writing to democratic.services@westofengland-ca.gov.uk no later than 3 working days before the meeting.   For this meeting, this means that your question(s) must be received in this office by 5pm on Thursday, 13^th September.

Any member of the public in the West of England Combined Authority may present a petition at a West of England Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee Meeting.

To provide an update on work to develop the Local Industrial Strategy for the West of England.

This report provides an update on progress in delivering the West of England Combined Authority business plan.

This report provides a summary of the West of England’s City Region Deal’s pooled Business Rates performance for 2017/18, as used for the Economic Development Fund (EDF) and in accordance with the requirements of the Business Rates Pooling Principles Agreement.

This report provides an update on the Joint Spatial Plan (JSP) Examination in Public (EIP). The Joint Spatial Plan is overseen by the Joint Committee.

Report for information only.