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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for absence/substitutions

2.

To receive any declarations of pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest by Members

3.

MOS/17/23 To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 19 October 2017 pdf icon PDF 221 KB

4.

To receive notification of petitions in accordance with the Council's Petition Scheme

5.

MOS/17/24 Implementation of the Homeless Reduction Act (HRA) pdf icon PDF 242 KB

To review the actions taken in preparations for the anticipated impact of the introduction of the Homelessness Reduction Act April 2018.

 

Cabinet Member for Housing - Councillor Jill Wilshaw

6.

MOS/17/25 Scoping a Review of the Legal Services Partnership pdf icon PDF 164 KB

To use the attached scoping document to identify the objectives and outcome of the Committee’s scrutiny of the Legal Services Partnership. 

 

Document to be tabled at the meeting.

Additional documents:

7.

MOS/17/26 Information Bulletin pdf icon PDF 76 KB

The Information Bulletin is a document that is made available to the public with the published agenda papers.  It can include update information requested by the Committee as well as information that a service considers should be made known to the Committee.

 

The Information Bulletin contains updates on the following subjects:

 

1.     Mid Suffolk Business Rate Relief Summary 2017/18

8.

MOS/17/27 Forthcoming Decisions List pdf icon PDF 170 KB

To review the Council’s Forthcoming Decisions List and identify any items to be brought before the Overview and Scrutiny Committee

9.

MOS/17/28 MSDC Overview and Scrutiny Forward Plan pdf icon PDF 140 KB

To agree the Forward Plan

10.

MOS/17/29 BDC Overview and Scrutiny Forward Plan pdf icon PDF 142 KB

For information

11.

EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC (WHICH TERM INCLUDES THE PRESS)

To consider whether, that under section 100(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for item MOS/17/30 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act in the paragraph registered against the/each item:

 

Note: Information is exempt only if:

It falls within one of the 7 categories of exempt information in the Act and; In

all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the

exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information

 

 

12.

PART II - MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED WITH THE PRESS AND PUBLIC EXCLUDED