Agenda and minutes

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Terry Hennegan, Sam Bennett and Rebecca Fogarty declared personal interests.

None

The minutes of the 27 February and the 1 March 2023 were agreed as a correct record.

Questions can be submitted in writing to scrutiny@swansea.gov.uk up until noon on the working day prior to the meeting. Written questions take precedence. Public may attend and ask questions in person if time allows. Questions must relate to items on the open part of the agenda and will be dealt with in a 10 minute period.

No public questions were received.

Invited to attend:

Cabinet Member Andrea Lewis

Cabinet Member Cyril Anderson

Director of Place Mark Wade

Housing: Carol Morgan (Head of Housing and Public Health), Judith Williams (Operations Manager Landlord Services)

Public Protection: Tom Price (Team leader Pollution Control) and Paula Livingstone (Divisional Environmental Health Officer)

Fly tipping: Chris Howells (Head of Waste, Parks and Cleansing)

The Panel thanked the Cabinet Members Andrea Lewis, Cyril Anderson and Alyson Pugh and officers for attending the Panel and for providing and presenting a report that addressed the key set of questions, sent to them in advance, from the perspective of Council Housing, Public Health and Fly tipping services. 

The report presented by these services and the full notes taken from this discussion will form part of the Inquiry Findings Report.  The Findings Report will be brought back to the Panel at the end of the evidence gathering phase of the inquiry.  Today’s evidence will then be considered alongside all the evidence gathered when the Panel discuss and formulate the inquiries conclusions and recommendations to Cabinet.

The next meeting is scheduled for 13 April at 10.30am and will be with Housing Associations operating within Swansea.