Agenda item

7.1     To receive question(s) submitted by the public to Cabinet Members, in accordance with Standing Order 33.

Members are asked to note that one public questions has been received, which has been attached along with the written response provided.

7.2     To receive question(s) submitted by the Brent Youth Parliament to Cabinet Members, in accordance with Standing Order 33(c).

Members are asked to note that one question has been received, which has been attached along with the written response provided.

NOTED

1.          The written and supplementary verbal response provided by the Cabinet Member for Environment, Infrastructure & Climate Action to a public question submitted by Peggy Wylie regarding operation of the 206 bus route on Wembley Stadium event days and the completion of necessary infrastructure works along Bridge Road and North End Road to enable proposed changes to the route to be introduced on event days.

2.         The written and supplementary verbal response provided by the Cabinet Member Children, Young People and Schools to a question submitted by Brent Youth Parliament regarding the support available for young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities including the offer of inclusive educational provision and how those type of facilities would be determined and designed.

Eligible for Call-In: No

8.1     Questions from the Public

The Mayor advised that one question had been received from a member of the public, which was as follows:

Question 1 from Peggy Wylie regarding operation of the 206 bus route on Wembley Stadium event days.

Members noted the written response provided on the question, which had been circulated with the agenda.  Having been invited to attend in order to ask any supplementary question, the Mayor advised she was pleased to welcome Peggy Wylie to the meeting who addressed the following supplementary question to the Cabinet Member for Environment, Infrastructure and Climate Action.

Question 1 Supplementary Question from Peggy Wylie to Councillor Krupa Sheth, Cabinet Member for Environment, Infrastructure & Climate Action.

Thanking Councillor Krupa Sheth for the written response provided Peggy Wylie, in highlighting the impact of the reduced bus service on local residents and large number of school pupils who also relied on the service, sought further details on the timescale to complete the necessary infrastructure works along Bridge Road and North End Road that would enable the proposed changes to the route to be introduced on event days, prior to the programme of stadium events commencing during 2024.

In thanking Peggy Wylie for her question Councillor Krupa Sheth, in responding, reiterated the Council’s commitment to continue working with Transport for London in order to secure the necessary service improvements and infrastructure works with further discussion welcomed with residents, as required.

Having noted the response provided, the Mayor thanked Peggy Wylie for her supplementary question and Councillor Krupa Sheth for her response and then moved on to deal with the question submitted by Brent Youth Parliament.

8.2   Questions from Brent Youth Parliament

The Mayor advised that the following question had been received from Brent Youth Parliament:

Question 1 from Brent Youth Parliament to Councillor Grahl, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools, relating to the improvement of support for young people with Special Educational Needs both in and outside of school.

The Mayor thanked Brent Youth Parliament for their question, with members noting the written response provided and advised that representatives from the Youth Parliament had also been invited to attend the meeting in order to ask a supplementary question.  As a result, the Mayor welcomed Armaan Rattu and Manel Bensada to the meeting who addressed the following supplementary question to the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools.

Question 1 Supplementary Question from Armaan Rattu and Manel Bensada to Councillor Grahl, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools.

Having thanked Councillor Grahl for her written response and advising that they were pleased to hear about the support being provided for young people with Special Educational Needs and disabilities Armaan Rattu and Manel Bensada, as a supplementary question, sought further clarification on the definition of ‘inclusive environments and facilities’ and how these were determined e.g. would school students be actively involved in the design of these facilities.

In response, Councillor Grahl began by thanking Brent Youth Parliament for the question and work they were undertaking to represent young people across the borough.  In clarifying the reference made in her original; response, Councillor Grahl outlined the different types of special educational need provision available, referring firstly to that provided outside of a mainstream school setting with the example of the new 400 place SEND school provision being funded by the Council in London Road and secondly to inclusive educational provision, which involved the provision of additional support in a mainstream school environment.  Whilst this would include an element of consultation on design with young people using the service Councillor Grahl, in ending her response, advised that she would be pleased to speak further with Brent Youth Parliament regarding the Council’s proposals and to seek further feedback on the issues raised.

With no further questions to be considered, the Mayor advised that this now concluded the public question session.