To approve the accuracy of the minutes of the meeting held on 11 September 2024.

Notice of question to be given in writing or by email by 12 noon, Friday 27 September to the Council’s Monitoring Officer (via the online form here: Public Question Form) and to be dealt with in accordance with Standing Order 10.

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Please contact the Committee Services Officer listed at the top of this agenda if you have not received an acknowledgement of your question by the deadline for submission.

Statements

Notice of representations to be given in writing or by email by 12 noon, Friday 27 September to the Council’s Monitoring Officer (committeeservices@wirral.gov.uk) and to be dealt with in accordance with Standing Order 11.

Petitions

Petitions may be presented to the Committee if provided to Democratic and Member Services no later than 12 noon, Friday 27 September before the meeting, at the discretion of the Chair. The person presenting the petition will be allowed to address the meeting briefly (not exceeding three minute) to outline the aims of the petition. The Chair will refer the matter to another appropriate body of the Council within whose terms of reference it falls without discussion, unless a relevant item appears elsewhere on the Agenda. If a petition contains more than 5,000 signatures, it will be debated at a subsequent meeting of the Council for up to 15 minutes, at the discretion of the Chair. Please give notice of petitions to committeeservices@wirral.gov.uk in advance of the meeting.

Please telephone the Committee Services Officer if you have not received an acknowledgement of your question/statement by the deadline for submission.

Questions by Members to dealt with in accordance with Standing Orders 12.3 to 12.8.

Policy and Resources Committee is requested to consider the following recommendation of the Tourism, Communities, Culture & Leisure Committee held on 19 September 2024:

Resolved - That the Tourism, Communities, Culture and Leisure Committee:

1. Welcomed the progress made on the Birkenhead Park World Heritage Project, and thanked officers, the Friends of Birkenhead Park and the members of the Birkenhead Park Advisory Committee for their work on this project;

2. Endorsed its support for the nomination to UNESCO of Birkenhead Park as a World Heritage Site; and

3. Recommended to the Policy and Resources Committee that, in light of the Council’s current and continuing financial position, that the Director of Neighbourhood Services is authorised to proceed with the project as described, subject to securing external funding. Should that fail, then the matter can be considered by members in 2025/26 when the Council’s financial circumstances may be clearer.

Minute Extract and Report are attached.

The following items contain exempt information.

RECOMMENDATION: That, under section 100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined by paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A (as amended) to that Act. The Public Interest test has been applied and favours exclusion.

The terms of reference for this committee can be found at the end of this agenda.