Decision

RESOLVED –

Members agreed the following appointments:

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. This body will have a quorum of two.

Councillors Tom Bruce, Max Mosley, Shantanu Rajawat (Chair), 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.

6 Labour Members
2 Conservative Members
1 Reform Member
1 Green Member

Councillors Paul Baker, Joanna Biddolph, Tony Brown, Hira Dhillon, Katherine Dunne, Alan Mitchell, Salvador Antonio Jose Pereira, Pamila Rodrigues, Rick Rowe and Karen Smith

Overview and Scrutiny Call-In Sub-Committee

5 councillors from the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, chosen when required (on a proportional basis)

Children & Young People Scrutiny Panel (9 members)

5 Labour Members
2 Conservative Members
1 Reform Member
1 Green Member

Councillors Shakeel Akram, Unsa Chaudri, Satwant Kaur, David Kerr, Alan Mitchell, Charmi Parmar, Rick Rowe, Karen Smith and Aysha Tariq

Health & Adults Care Scrutiny Panel (9 members)

5 Labour Members
2 Conservative Members
1 Reform Member
1 Liberal Democrat Member

Councillors Gurbachan Athwal, Roger Crouch, Hira Dhillon, Katherine Dunne, Adesh Farmahan, Russell Haynes, Sampath Mudaliar, Charmi Parmar and Pamila Rodrigues.

Housing and Environment Scrutiny Panel (9 Members)

5 Labour Members
2 Conservative Members
1 Reform Member
1 Green Member

Councillors Gurbachan Atwal, Jasmine Deol, Katherine Dunne, Vivek Ganachari, Linden Grigg, Johan Lindsten, Craig Owen, Pamila Rodrigues and Aysha Tariq,

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

1 Labour Member
1 Conservative Member

Councillors Dan Bowring and Gabriella Giles

Regulatory Bodies

(Standing Committees of the Council

and their Sub-Committees)

Planning Committee

(15 Councillors)

8 Labour Members
4 Conservative Members
2 Reform Member
1 Green Member

Councillors Dan Bowring, Conrad Brown, Allister De Sa, Michael Denniss, Katherine Dunne, Adesh Farmahan, Pritam Grewal (Chair), Vickram Grewal, Scott Hill, Guy Lambert, Tony Louki, Darshan Nagi, Craig Owen (Vice-Chair) Adrian Page and Pamila Rodrigues.

Licensing and General Purposes Committee

(15 Councillors)

8 Labour Members
4 Conservative Members
2 Reform Members
1 Brentford Independent Member

Councillors Gurbachan Athwal, Muhammad Shakeel Akram, Paul Baker, Unsa Chaudri, Vilber Decosta, Theo Dennison, Vivek Ganachari, Gabriella Giles, Gerry Lieberman, Johan Lindsten, Tony Louki, Tariq Mehmood, Sampath Mudaliar, Daanish Saeed and Karen Smith (Chair)

Licensing Panel

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

Audit and Governance Committee

(6 Councillors)

4 Labour Members

2 Conservative Members
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)

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

Councillors Muhammad Shakeel Akram (Vice-Chair), Marcela Benedetti, Unsa Chaudri (Chair), Parinoor Kaur, Gurpreet Sidhu and Karen Smith.

OTHER BODIES

Pension Fund Panel

(9 Councillors)

5 Labour Members
3 Conservative Members
1 Reform Member

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. Members will need to be available to undertake the necessary training which is a statutory requirement.

Councillors Paul Baker, Hira Dhillon, Pritam Grewal, Parinoor Kaur, Satwant Kaur, Max Mosley, Adam Parkins, Shantanu Rajawat and one Conservative vacancy

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.

Members will need to be available to undertake the necessary training which is a statutory requirement.

§ Councillor Hira Dhillon

Revenues Appeal Panel

(12 Councillors)

2 Labour Members
2 Conservative Members
2 Reform Members
1 Green Member
1 Liberal Democrat Member
1 Brentford Independent Member

Councillors Gurbachan Athwal, Conrad Brown, Roger Crouch, Theo Dennison, Jasmine Deol, Jack Emsley, Adesh Farmahan, Adam Parkins, Gurpreet Sidhu

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 group member(s), 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 and Young Futures)

Councillor Medeeha Asim

Corporate Parenting Panel

(5 Councillors)

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

1 Conservative Member
1 Reform Member

Councillors Fiza Ahmed, Madeeha Asim (Chair), David Kerr, Alan Mitchell and Ron Mushiso

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 (the Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care)

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:

Cabinet Members for:

· Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care

· Children and Young Futures

· Housing

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:

· Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care

· Children and Young Futures

· Housing

Councillors Madeeha Asim, Lily Bath and 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 Children and Young Futures

· Councillor Madeeha Asim

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

1 Conservative Member

1 Reform Member

Councillors Michael Denniss and David Kerr

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)