Decision Maker: Borough Council

Outcome: For Determination

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: May 27, 2025

Purpose:

Content: 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.       Cabinet Member for Housing Management and Homelessness 2.       Cabinet Member for Adults and Health Integration 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