Agenda

The Chair to welcome Members and the public to the meeting.

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 and note 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 report of the Strategic Rail Director and note the main points of the Transport for the North submission made to the Whole Industry Strategic Plan consultation.

Lead: David Hoggarth

To consider the report of the Interim Head of Investment Planning; to receive an update on the development of the ‘Blueprint’ and provide an update on the outcome from the round of public consultation in November and December 2021 on the proposed December 2022 timetable and the next steps.

Lead: David Hoggarth

To receive an update on rail operational matters and updates from the operators and Network Rail.

Lead: Gary Bogan

To resolve that the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of Items X 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 and note 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 report of the Rail North Partnership Director.

Lead: Gary Bogan