Apologies for absence and notification of substitute members

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Social Care, Health and Housing Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 17 December 2012 and to note actions taken since that meeting.

To receive from Members any declarations of interest and of any political whip in relation to any agenda item.

To receive any announcements from the Chairman and any matters of communication.

To receive petitions from members of the public in accordance with the Public Participation Procedure as set out in Annex 2 of Part A4 of the Constitution.

To receive any questions, statements or deputations from members of the public in accordance with the Public Participation Procedure as set out in Annex 1 of part A4 of the Constitution.

To consider any decision of the Executive referred to this Committee for review  in accordance with Procedure Rule 10.10 of Part D2.

To consider any items referred to the Committee at the request of a Member under Procedure Rule 3.1 of Part D2 of the Constitution.

To receive for information a verbal update from the Executive Member for Social Care, Health and Housing.

To receive for information an update from Bedfordshire LINk on health matters affecting LINk actvity.

To consider proposals for the development of approximately 80 Extra Care housing apartments on the redundant Dukeminster site in Dunstable in order to provide recommendations to the Executive on 05 February 2013.

To consider proposals for the introduction of a scheme to provide local welfare provision and to provide comments to be considered by the Executive.

To consider the approach to creating Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire and consider arrangements for co-option onto the Committee in order to provide recommendations to the Executive on 05 February 2013.

To consider proposals to set up and adopt a Tenant’s Scrutiny Panel and Designated Persons and Tenants Complaints Panel for the Council’s Landlord Service as part of the new revised regulatory requirements for social housing providers, under the Localism Act 2011.  The Committee is asked to provide views for consideration by the Executive on 19 March 2013.

To consider and comment on the Social Care, Health and Housing directorate aspects of the Council’s draft budget for 2013/14, Medium Term Financial Plan 2013-17 and Capital Programme 2013/14 to 2016/17.

Papers were circulated to all Members as part of the report to Executive on 08 January 2013.  Members are requested to bring their copy of these papers (Items 08 and 09) with them to the meeting.  These papers can be viewed online on the Council’s website at:-

http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/modgov/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=577&MId=4054&Ver=4

To consider and comment on the Social Care, Health and Housing directorate aspects of the draft fees and charges for 2013/14 and comment as appropriate to the Executive.

To consider the Council’s draft budget report for the Housing Revenue Account (Landlord Service) Business Plan and provide comments to be considered by the Executive at their meeting on 05 February 2013.

Papers were circulated to all Members as part of the report to Executive on 08 January 2013.  Members are requested to bring their copy of these papers (Item 10) with them to the meeting.  These papers can be viewed on the Council’s website at:-

http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/modgov/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=577&MId=4054&Ver=4

To consider the currently drafted Committee work programme and the Executive Forward Plan.