SITE
VISIT UPDATES
In
addition to formal reviews and information items carried out by the
Committee, Councillors on this committee also participate in visits
to frontline services. These visits provide
an opportunity to meet with residents, staff, contractors and
partners and gain a better understanding of the work they
do thereby enabling the Committee to add
real value to its important scrutiny work. You can see pictures of
them below:
To view recent site visits by the Select Committee click
here
Remit
To undertake the overview and scrutiny role in
relation to the following Cabinet Member portfolio(s) and service
areas:
·
Cabinet Member for Residents’ Services
·
Community Safety, Licensing, Standards and Enforcement
·
Planning & Regeneration
·
Housing policy, homelessness & tenancy management
·
Green Spaces, Sport & Culture
·
Waste Services
Statutory Crime and
Disorder Scrutiny
This Committee will act as a Crime and
Disorder Committee as defined in the Crime and Disorder (Overview
and Scrutiny) Regulations 2009 and carry out the bi-annual scrutiny
of decisions made, or other action taken, in connection with the
discharge by the responsible authorities of their crime and
disorder functions.
Duty of partners to
attend and provide information
The Crime and Disorder (Overview and Scrutiny)
Regulations 2009 permits this Select Committee to make a
request in writing for information to bodies who form the local
Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (Safer Hillingdon
Partnership), which includes the Police. The Committee should
scrutinise the work of the partnership at least once a year and may
also require the attendance before it of an officer or employee of
a responsible authority or of a co-operating person or body in
order to answer questions. The Committee may not require a person
to attend unless reasonable notice of the intended date of
attendance has been given to that person.
Cross-cutting
topics
This Committee will also act as lead select
committee on the monitoring and review of the following
cross-cutting topics:
·
Climate Change
·
Local impacts of Heathrow expansion
·
Local impacts of High Speed 2
·
Community Cohesion