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West of England Combined Authority Committee

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Information about West of England Combined Authority Committee

The West of England Combined Authority Committee is chaired by the Metro Mayor, Dan Norris, and is made up of the Leaders and Mayor from the three Councils in the region – Bath & North East Somerset (Leader, Cllr Kevin Guy), Bristol City Council (Mayor Marvin Rees) and South Gloucestershire Council (Leader, Cllr Claire Young). The Chair of the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership, Richard Bonner, also attends Committee meetings.

 

Please note – from January 2020 to October 2021 the Combined Authority Committee met jointly with the West of England Joint Committee – this joint meeting was the main member decision-taking meeting.  Prior to January 2020, and since October 2021, the Combined Authority Committee and the Joint Committee meet separately on the same day.

For agenda papers from January 2020 to October 2021, please refer to papers listed under: Joint meeting - West of England Combined Authority Committee and West of England Joint Committee.

 

WRITTEN PUBLIC QUESTIONS

1. Any member of the public can submit a maximum of two written questions in advance of a meeting.

2. The deadline for the submission of questions is 5.00pm, at least 3 clear working days ahead of a meeting.

3. Questions should be addressed to the Chair of the meeting and e-mailed to democratic.services@westofengland-ca.gov.uk.

4. Under the direction of the Chair, wherever possible, written replies to questions will be sent to questioners by the end of the working day prior to the meeting.

5. Please note - under the Combined Authority’s committee procedures, there is no opportunity for oral supplementary questions to be asked at committee meetings.

6. The written questions and replies will be circulated to committee members in advance of the meeting and published on the Combined Authority website.

 

PUBLIC STATEMENTS

1. Any member of the public may submit a written statement (or petition) to a meeting.

2. Please note that one statement per individual is permitted.

3. Statements must be submitted in writing and received by the deadline of 12 noon on the working day before the meeting. Statements should be emailed to democratic.services@westofengland-ca.gov.uk.

4. Statements will be listed for meetings in the order of receipt. All statements will be sent to committee members in advance of the meeting and published on the Combined Authority website.

5. Please note: If any member of the public wishes to attend the meeting to orally present their statement, they are asked please to notify the Combined Authority’s Democratic Services team of this at the point when their statement is submitted and by 12noon on the working day before the meeting at the very latest.

 

6. For those presenting their statements at the meeting, up to 3 minutes ‘speaking time’ is permitted for each statement. The total time available for the public session at meetings is 30 minutes.