Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport providing the Committee with an update on progress delivering the agreed recommendations from the Air Quality Scrutiny Inquiry, attached.

The Committee considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport providing an update on the progress delivering the agreed recommendations from the Air Quality Scrutiny Inquiry.

RESOLVED:

(i)  that the Cabinet Member circulate the requested information relating to Real Time Passenger Information at bus stops;

(ii)  that officers identify and circulate the responses to the Committee relating to:

a)  the resources the Council was investing in addressing air quality in the City

b)  the resources that would be required in order to meet the 2020 targets

c)  the resources that would be required to enable the Authority to submit bids for numerous grants available to support the achievement of the 2020 targets;

(iii)  that consideration be given to visiting retailers in Southampton who continue to sell coal fired products to see if the Council could influence their purchasing behaviours.

NOTE: Councillor Galton declared a personal interest in the above matter as he was a member of the Scrutiny Inquiry Panel on Air Quality. He also reported that he was a member of the NO Southampton Biomass Group and the WDCF (Western Docks Consultation Forum).  He remained in the meeting during the consideration of this matter.