Agenda

The Chair to Welcome Members and the public to themeeting.

Lead: Chair

Members are required to declare any personal, prejudicial or disclosable pecuniary interest they may have relating to items on the agenda and state the nature of such interest.

Lead: Chair

To consider the approval and signature of the minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record and to consider any requests for updates on matters contained therein.

Lead: Chair

To consider the update on the work of the Task and Finish Group and the outline next steps following the first meeting.

Lead: David Worsley

To consider the update on rail operational rail matters and performance including an update from Avanti West Coast.

Lead:  Gary Bogan

To update the Committee on the progress of infrastructure development and delivery in the North of England and consider the proposed activity which can be undertaken by Transport for the North to support the industry to improve the integration of schemes and service changes across the North.

Lead: Charlie French

To agree priorities for TfN’s Annual Business Plan and the approach to Member contributions

Lead: David Hoggarth

To seek endorsement of a strategic approach to Rail in the North

Lead: David Hoggarth

The next meeting will take place on Tuesday 4 June 2024 at 10.30am

To resolve that the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of Items 11,12, and 13 on the grounds that:

(1)It is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during such item(s), confidential information as defined in S100A(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) would be disclosed to them in breach of the obligation of confidence; and/or

(2)it / they involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as set out in the Paragraphs [listed below] of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

To consider the approval and signature of the private minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record and to consider any requests for updates on matters contained therein.

Lead: Chair

To consider the feedback from the working group.

Lead: Caroline Young

To provide an update on the approach to future rolling stock across the North

Lead: Caroline Young