Issue - decisions

That the following be noted:

(i)         that Brent Council will enter into arrangements with some other West London local authorities for certain of their functions (as specified in the report) to be discharged jointly;

(ii)        that the Leader, having consulted the Chief Legal Officer, will agree the  arrangements for functions and procedures (see Appendix 1) with the other authorities and/or their executives as appropriate;

(iii)       that the arrangements will include a Joint Committee (to be known as “the West London Economic Prosperity Board”);

(iv)       that the Leader (or suitable alternative chosen by the Leader) will be appointed as a voting member of the Joint Committee;

(v)        that the functions to be discharged by the Joint Committee will be with the intention of promoting economic prosperity within the local government areas of the participating boroughs;

(vi)       that it is anticipated that the participating boroughs will initially be Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Hounslow, but that other WLA members (namely, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hillingdon) are also invited to join;

(vii)      that any changes to the constitution resulting from this report will be reported to Full Council for approval.