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Announcements Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair welcomed Mr Hipkin who was attending the meeting in his capacity as a Coopted Member of the Council's Standards Committee to observe and monitor compliance with the Council’s ethical governance framework.
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Minutes of the meeting held on 22 October 2020, attached. Additional documents: Minutes: RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 22 October 2020 be signed as a correct record. |
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Items Requiring Urgent Attention Items which in the opinion of the Chair should be considered at the meeting as matters of urgency. Additional documents: Minutes: There was no item raised as a matter of urgency.
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Local Enterprise Partnership Update PDF 349 KB A Report from the Chief Executive of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership including the response to COVID-19 and Inclusive Growth, attached. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee received a Report from the Chief Executive of the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) which updated Members on the Covid-19 response (to the economy) including the LEPs emerging priorities to Build Back Better and progress regarding Inclusive Growth.
The Report highlighted several areas of success, including:
· £51m of High Street Funding had been provisionally confirmed for Plymouth, Barnstaple, Yeovil, Taunton and Paignton; · Connecting Devon & Somerset (CDS) Digital Infrastructure programme (includes £10m contribution from LGF) had been re-procured before Christmas to 3 providers, which were Airband, Wessex and Truespeed; · The Future Flight project (Exeter Airport) had been approved by Innovate UK, and was supporting the development of electric-powered flight, and Long lane access road on site; · The Marsh Barton railway station had now been approved; and, · There was progress on new stations including Cullompton and Wellington, and potentially the reopening of lines including Okehampton.
The Report detailed the Covid-19 Route Map to Recovery which highlighted that that whilst the incidence of the pandemic had been comparatively low across the region, the economic impact had been stark; particularly in coastal and rural areas.
The Report stated that the economic impacts were stark, with the estimated impact of Lockdown 3 likely to be a loss of some 4% (in addition to the approximately 8% loss in 2020). This would likely lead to a double dip recession and although things had started to recover quickly last summer, the impact of this lockdown was likely to mean recovery would take longer.
The LEP had been responsible for local response and provided:
a) Government accredited advice and guidance to businesses through the Growth Hub; b) local grants such as Kickstart and local response initiatives such as Bounceback, Digital, Jobs and Skills launchpad, Better Business for All guidelines and Train4Tomorrow; c) £35.4m of Getting Building Fund (shovel-ready projects to be delivered by Jan 2022) targeted at Green Recovery, Work Hubs and individual projects – summary projects can be viewed at Getting Building Fund projects announced for Heart of the South West - Heart of the south west LEP (heartofswlep.co.uk) 12 of 24 of these projects have now been contracted and we are expecting to meet our delivery targets; and, d) Working with local partners, stakeholders and key officials to highlight particular issues affecting the HotSW area.
The full publication of the Route Map to Recovery was available at HotSW Covid-19 - Route Map to Recovery June 2020.indd (heartofswlep.co.uk)
Members discussion points included:
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A Report of the HotSW Local Enterprise Partnership’s Head of Delivery on the Clean Growth Plan, attached. Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee received a Report of the HotSW Local Enterprise Partnership’s Head of Delivery on the Clean Growth Plan, the aim being to grow the economy in a clean and sustainable way by delivering inclusive economic prosperity whilst protecting the environment, lowering emissions and enhancing natural capital.
Key points highlighted in the presentation included:
Members discussion points included:
It was MOVED by Councillor Brook, SECONDED by Councillor Williams, and
RESOLVED that the Committee:
a) Welcomed the ... view the full minutes text for item 41. |
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Scrutiny Work Programme In accordance with previous practice, Scrutiny Committees are requested to review the list of forthcoming business and determine which items are to be included in the Work Programme.
The Scrutiny Work Programme can be found at: https://www.devon.gov.uk/democracy/committee-meetings/scrutiny-committees/scrutiny-work-programme/ Additional documents: Minutes: RESOLVED that the following be added to the Work Programme:
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Dates of Future Meetings Dates of Future Meetings
Please note that dates of future meetings will be included in the Devon County Council meetings calendar: https://democracy.devon.gov.uk/mgCalendarMonthView.aspx?GL=1&bcr=1
All will take place virtually, unless otherwise stated.
17 Jun 2021 @ 2.15 pm 21 Oct 2021 @ 2.15 pm 10 Feb 2022 @ 2.15 pm Additional documents: Minutes: Dates of Future Meetings were noted as;
17 Jun 2021 2.15 pm 21 Oct 2021 2.15 pm 10 Feb 2022 2.15 pm
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