11:00 Overview & Scrutiny Committee : Due to Government guidance on social-distancing and the Covid-19 virus it will not be possible to hold physical meetings of the Combined Authority Board and the Combined Authority’s Executive Committees for the time being. The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 allows formal local government meetings to be held on a virtual basis, without elected members being physically present together in the same place. Meetings will therefore be held on a virtual basis and the procedure is set out in the “Procedure for Combined Authority Virtual Decision-Making” which will be available to view at the foot of the meeting page under the “Meeting Documents” heading when the agenda and reports have been published. That document will also contain a link which will allow members of the public and press to observe the virtual meetings.

10:30 Combined Authority Board : Due to Government guidance on social-distancing and the Covid-19 virus it will not be possible to hold physical meetings of the Combined Authority Board and the Combined Authority’s Executive Committees for the time being. The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 allows formal local government meetings to be held on a virtual basis, without elected members being physically present together in the same place. Meetings will therefore be held on a virtual basis and the procedure is set out in the “Procedure for Combined Authority Virtual Decision-Making” which will be available to view at the foot of the meeting page under the “Meeting Documents” heading ahead of the meeting. That document will also contain a link which will allow members of the public and press to observe the virtual meetings.