If the SJVG wishes to exclude the press and the public from the meeting during consideration of any of the items on the exempt from publication part of the agenda, it will be necessary for the SJVG to pass a resolution in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 4(2)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 on the grounds that their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in specific paragraphs of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

The SJVG may maintain the exemption if and so long as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

The Group is asked to consider any comments or recommendations submitted by the Finance and Performance Working Group (of the Scrutiny Committee) in relation to the substantive items on the agenda or in respect of other issues the Working Group considers appropriate to raise.

The Director of Law, Governance, and Strategy and the Group Finance Director submitted commentaries on reports relating to OxWed.

The commentary from the Group Finance Director will be circulated as a supplement following the publication of the agenda.

Report of: The OXWED Board

Purpose of the report: To bring Shareholders up to date on progress with the Oxpens development and to request the delegations outlined in the confidential report.

Recommendations: The Shareholder is asked to delegate authority to the OXWED Board in consultation with the Chair of the Shareholder and Joint Venture Group to approve the recommendations listed at 2.1 of the exempt report.

The Shareholder and Joint Venture Group resolved as shareholder to:

1. Delegate authority to the OxWed Board in consultation with the Chair of the Shareholder and Joint Venture Group to approve the recommendations listed at 2.1 of the exempt report.