Decision

Members considered a tabled report by Councillor Shantanu Rajawat.

Confirming that both political group leaders had been consulted on these proposals, the Mayor suggested that the matter should go straight to the vote where it was unanimously

RESOLVED –

·       That the establishment of Council bodies detailed in the report be agreed; That the appointments to the Council bodies (including the appointment of chairs where stated) listed in this report (or tabled at the meeting) be approved;

·       That the terms of reference for the Council bodies be agreed (appendix B); and

·       That the proposed change to the Terms of reference for the North West London Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee (a joint body) as set out in Appendix C of the report be agreed.

·       That the Interim Chief Executive be given authority, in consultation with the Mayor, to make any adjustments necessary to ensure political proportionality rules following receipt of nominations from Area Forums to those bodies subject to such rules.

Sub-Groups of the Cabinet

Shareholder Committee

4 members of the Cabinet including the Cabinet Member with responsibility for companies and the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Finance and Resources (the Leader of the council). This body will have a quorum of two.

• Councillor Lily Bath
• Councillor Tom Bruce
• Councillor Shantanu Rajawat (Chair)
• Councillor Sue Sampson

Overview and Scrutiny

and Associated Sub-Groups

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

(10 Councillors and up to 3 non?voting co?opted members). No Cabinet Member may sit on this body.

• 9 Labour Members

Councillor Adesh Farmahan

Councillor Hina Mir

Councillor Alan Mitchell

Councillor Max Mosley

Councillor Sayyar Raza (Chair)

Councillor Marina Sharma

Councillor Emma Siddhu

Councillor Emma Yates

(one Labour vacancy)

• 1 Conservative Member

Councillor Jack Emsley

Overview and Scrutiny Call-In Sub-Committee

• 5 councillors from the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, chosen when required (on a proportion of 4 Labour and 1 Conservative)

Children & Young People Scrutiny Panel (9 members)

• 8 Labour Members

Councillor Aqsa Ahmed

Councillor Rasheed Bhatti

Councillor Ghazala Butt

Councillor Bishnu Gurung

Councillor Alan Mitchell

Councillor Farhaan Rehman

Councillor Daanish Saeed

Councillor Emma Siddhu

• 1 Conservative Member

Councillor Allan Joseph

Health & Adults Care Scrutiny Panel (9 members)

• 8 Labour Members

Councillor Harleen Atwal Hear

Councillor Dan Bowring

Councillor Bandna Chopra

Councillor Adesh Farmahan

Councillor Riaz Gull

Councillor Farah Kamran

Councillor Marina Sharma

Councillor Mohammed Umair

• 1 Conservative Members

Councillor Ron Mushiso

Housing and Environment Scrutiny Panel (9 Members)

• 7 Labour Members

Councillor Vickram Grewal

Councillor Afzaal Kiani

Councillor Karamat Malik

Councillor Hina Mir

Councillor Max Mosley

Councillor Aftab Siddiqui

Councillor Emma Yates

• 1 Conservative

Councillor Joanna Biddolph

• 1 Independent Socialist

Councillor Guy Lambert

The North West London Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Joint Scrutiny Body with Other Boroughs) (2 Members)

• 2 Labour Members

Councillor Marina Sharma

Councillor Aysha Tariq

Regulatory Bodies

(Standing Committees of the Council

and their Sub-Committees)

Planning Committee

(15 Councillors)

• 13 Labour Members

Councillor Aqsa Ahmed

Councillor Dan Bowring (Vice-Chair)

Councillor Tom Bruce

Councillor Ghazala Butt

Councillor Adesh Farmahan

Councillor Pritam Grewal (Chair)

Councillor Farah Kamran

Councillor Gurmail Lal

Councillor Max Mosley

Councillor Sayyar Raza

Councillor Daanish Saeed

Councillor Emma Siddhu

Councillor John Stroud-Turp

• 2 Conservative Members

Councillor Ranjit Gill

Councillor John Todd

Licensing and General Purposes Committee

(15 Councillors)

• 11 Labour Members

Councillor Harleen Atwal Hear

Councillor Rasheed Bhatti

Councillor Dan Bowring

Councillor Unsa Chaudri

Councillor Richard Foote

Councillor Riaz Gull

Councillor Karamat Malik

Councillor Farhaan Rehman (Chair)

Councillor Aftab Siddiqui (Vice-Chair)

Councillor Karen Smith

Councillor Mohammed Umair

• 3 Conservative Members

Councillor Gabriella Giles

Councillor Allan Joseph

Councillor Gerald McGregor

• 1 Workers Party UK Member

Councillor Amrit Mann

Licensing Panel

• 3 members from the Licensing and General Purposes Committee selected when required.

Audit and Governance Committee

(6 Councillors)

(Note: this committee also takes on the functions of the Standards Committee)

• 5 Labour Members

Councillor Unsa Chaudri (Chair)

Councillor Pritam Grewal

Councillor Farah Kamran (Vice-Chair)

Councillor Mohammed Umair

Councillor Emma Yates

• 1 Conservative Member

Councillor John Todd

• 2 Independent Persons (The Independent Persons are not members of the Committee but appointed to assist the Monitoring Officer in relation to Standards Related Matters only)

OTHER BODIES

Pension Fund Panel

(8 Councillors)

Although appointments to the Panel are made on an annual basis, because of the need for specialist training and shared experience, the Party Groups are asked where possible to ensure that there is continuity in membership of this body over the four year life of the Council.

• 7 Labour Members

Councillor Ghazal Butt

Councillor Sukhbir Dhaliwal

Councillor Adesh Farmahan

Councillor Shivraj Grewal

Councillor Afzaal Kiani

Councillor Shantanu Rajawat (Vice-Chair)

Councillor Jagdish Sharma (Chair)

• 1 Conservative Member

Councillor John Todd

Pension Board

(statutory body – does not affect political proportionality)

Membership comprises:

• 1 Independent non-voting member (Chair)
• 4 Employer Representatives (up to two of which may be Members – from any party)
• 4 Scheme Member Representatives

Appointments to this body are made by a specific appointments panel and so this body is included in this list for completeness only.

• Up to two members of any party subject to appointment by the Pension Board Appointments Panel

Revenues Appeal Panel

(12 Councillors)

• 7 Labour Members

Councillor Bandna Chopra

Councillor Riaz Gull

Councillor Afzaal Kiani

Councillor Alan Mitchell

Councillor Samina Nagra

Councillor Jagdish Sharma

Councillor Mohammed Umair

• 2 Conservative Members

Councillor Gabriella Giles

Councillor Peter Thompson

• 1 Workers Party UK Member

Councillor Amrit Mann

• 1 Independent Socialist

Councillor Guy Lambert

• 1 Independent

Councillor Theo Dennison

Chief Officer Appointment Panel

This will vary, as follows:

• For the Chief Executive – Leader, Deputy Leader, Relevant Cabinet Member, minority group member(s);
• For Members of Corporate Leadership Team or Deputy Chief Officers – Leader, Deputy Leader, Cabinet Member, minority Member, advised by the Chief Executive / Executive Director who will have line management responsibility
• For other purposes, see the terms of reference for this body detailed in the constitution of the Council

Schools Forum

(1 Councillor: the relevant Cabinet Member is appointed to this body as a non-voting member)

• One Labour Member (Cabinet Member for Children, Skills and Employment)

Councillor Samia Chaudhary

Corporate Parenting Panel

(5 Councillors)

• 3 Labour Members (Cabinet Member with responsibility for corporately looked after children to be chair)

Councillor Samia Chaudhary (Chair)

Councillor Alan Mitchell

Councillor Aysha Tariq

• 1 Conservative Member

Councillor Ron Mushiso

• 1 Independent

Councillor Theo Dennison

Local Safeguarding Adults Board

The Care Act 2014 makes it a statutory requirement that all areas have boards which as a minimum include representatives from the police, clinical commissioning group and local authority. The guidance emphasised the links with local children’s safeguarding boards and health and wellbeing boards. There is no guidance about whether elected members should be members of the board but in practice Authorities usually invite the relevant Cabinet Member to attend.

• Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health Integration

Councillor Lily Bath

Hounslow Health and Wellbeing Board

The full membership of this statutory committee is listed as part of its terms of reference. Its Councillor representatives are as follows:

1. 1.       Cabinet Member for Housing Management and Homelessness
2. 2.       Cabinet Member for Adults and Health Integration
3. 3.       Cabinet Member for Children, Learning and Employment

a)             Three Hounslow Councillors to be nominated by the Leader of Council, which unless otherwise varied by the Leader from time to time shall be the Cabinet Members for:

·                Adults and Health Integration;

·                Children, Learning and Employment; and

·                Housing Management and Homelessness

Councillor Lily Bath

Councillor Samia Chaudhary

Councillor Sue Sampson

b)             Executive Director(s) Children’s and Adults’ Services

c)             Director of Public Health

d)             Nominated Healthwatch representative

e)             Nominated Integrated Care Board representative

f)  Chair, or other representative, of the Borough Based Partnership

Hounslow Health and Wellbeing Board Children’s Delivery Group

(replaces Children’s Trust Board and sits under the Hounslow Health and Wellbeing Board)

Has one Councillor member – the Cabinet Member For Education and Children’s Services

One Labour Member (Cabinet Member for Children, Skills and Employment)

Councillor Samia Chaudhary

SACRE (Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education)

Group D of the SACRE is formed of no more than six representatives of the Education Authority  – need not be Councillors/currently 2 Councillors appointed

Two Labour Councillors

Councillor Madeeha Asim

Councillor Bandna Chopra

Cont../

AREA FORUMS

(these are Standing Committees of the Council)

All members are nominated and appointed to their local area forum based on their ward

Bedfont and Feltham Area Forum

(9 Members)

Comprising councillors from the following wards:

• Bedfont (3)

Councillor Lily Bath

Councillor Adesh Farmahan

Councillor Raghwinder Siddhu

• Feltham North (3)

Councillor Muhammed Shakeel Akram

Councillor Samina Nagra

Councillor Kuldeep Tak

• Feltham West (3)

Councillor Madeeha Asim

Councillor Hina Mir (Vice-Chair)

Councillor Alan Mitchell (Chair)

Brentford and Syon Area Forum

(7 Members)

Comprising councillors from the following wards:

• Brentford East (2)

Councillor Marina Sharma (Chair)

Councillor Max Mosley

• Brentford West (2)

Councillor Guy Lambert

Councillor Emma Yates (Vice-Chair)

• Syon & Brentford Lock (3)

Councillor Dan Bowring

Councillor Katherine Dunne

Councillor Theo Dennison

Central Hounslow Area Forum

(11 Members)

Comprising councillors from the following wards:

• Hounslow Central (3)

Councillor Rashid Bhatti

Councillor Ajmer Grewal

Councillor Pritam Grewal

• Hounslow East (2)

Councillor Junue Meah

Councillor Daanish Saeed (Chair)

• Hounslow Heath (3)

Councillor Samia Chaudhary

Councillor Afzaal Kiani

Councillor Farhaan Rehman

• Hounslow West (3)

Councillor Bandna Chopra

Councillor Jagdish Sharma

Councillor Mohammed Umair (Vice-Chair)

Chiswick Area Forum

(9 Members)

Comprising councillors from the following wards:

• Chiswick Gunnersbury (3)

Councillor Joanna Biddolph

Councillor Ranjit Gill

Councillor Ron Mushiso (Vice-Chair)

• Chiswick Homefields (3)

Councillor Jack Emsley (Chair)

Councillor Gerald McGregor

Councillor John Todd

• Chiswick Riverside (3)

Councillor Amy Croft

Councillor Gabriella Giles

Councillor Peter Thompson

Hanworth Area Forum

(5 Members)

Comprising councillors from the following wards:

• Hanworth Park (2)

Councillor Bishnu Gurung (Chair)

Councillor Farah Kamran

• Hanworth Village (3)

Councillor Richard Foote (Vice-Chair)

Councillor Allan Joseph

Councillor Aysha Tariq

Heston and Cranford Area Forum

(12 Members)

Comprising councillors from the following wards:

• Cranford (3),

Councillor Ghazala Butt

Councillor Sukhbir Dhaliwal

Councillor Vickram Grewal

• Heston Central (3)

Councillor Harleen Atwal Hear

Councillor Shivraj Grewal

Councillor Riaz Gull

• Heston East (3)

Councillor Aqsa Ahmed (Vice-Chair)

Councillor Gurmail Lal (Chair)

Councillor Amrit Mann

• Heston West (3)

Councillor Karamat Malik

Councillor Shantanu Rajawat

Councillor Emma Siddhu

Hounslow South, Isleworth, Osterley and Spring Grove Area Forum

(9 Members)

Comprising councillors from the following wards:

• Hounslow South (3)

Councillor Tom Bruce

Councillor Sayyar Raza

Councillor Karen Smith (Chair)

• Isleworth (3)

Councillor Sue Sampson

Councillor Salman Shaheen

Councillor John Stroud-Turp

• Osterley and Spring Grove (3)

Councillor Unsa Chaudri

Councillor Tony Louki

Councillor Aftab Siddiqui (Vice-Chair)

ADDITIONAL BODIES

(including statutory bodies which are not formally part of the Council decision making structure)

Tenants, Leaseholders and Sheltered Tenants Joint Consultative Committee

(1 Councillor - the Lead Member with responsibility for Social Housing – informal body)

One Labour Member (Cabinet Member with Social Housing responsibilities)

Councillor Sue Sampson

Hounslow Community Safety Partnership Board

(3 Councillors - one to be the relevant Cabinet Member)

2 Labour Members (of which one should be the relevant Cabinet Member)

Councillor Hina Mir

Councillor Raghwinder Siddhu

1 Conservative Member

Councillor Gerald McGregor

Adoption, Fostering and Permanence Panel

(1 Councillor)

One Labour Councillor

Councillor Farah Kamran

Safer Neighbourhood Board

This body is overseen by the Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) who agree its terms of reference (rather than the Council).  However, these have been included below for completeness. It currently includes the relevant Cabinet Member as a non-voting member.

Cabinet Member for Safety (non-voting capacity)

Councillor Raghwinder Siddhu