Agenda

To receive the apologies of any Member who is unable to attend the meeting.

To consider and approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on 22 April 2025, as a true and correct record of the proceedings and to be signed by the Chair.

To receive declarations of interest from Members in respect of items listed on the agenda.

To consider whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any part of the agenda.

To receive questions relating to items of business on the agenda from members of the public or press who are present at the meeting.

In October 2024, the Government issued statutory guidance on ‘Kinship Care’, which included a requirement for each local authority to publish a Kinship Local Offer.

The requirement is that each local authority is expected to publish the Kinship Local Offer within two months of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools bill becoming law. The Draft Local Offer will be presented to the Commission for pre-decision scrutiny, ahead of being presented to Cabinet for approval in July 2025.

To seek a representative from the Improving Lives Select Commission (ILSC) to sit as a member on the Health, Welfare and Safety Panel.

To consider the Commission’s Work Programme.

For the Chair/Project Group Leads to provide an update on the activity regarding sub and project groups of the Improving Lives Select Commission.

To consider any item(s) the Chair is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency.