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Meeting

Cabinet - Hampshire

Meeting Times
Scheduled Time
Start:
Tuesday, 18th March 2025
10:30 AM
End:
Tuesday, 18th March 2025
2:30 PM
Meeting Status
Status:
Confirmed
Date:
18 Mar 2025
Location:
Ashburton Hall, Elizabeth II Court, The Castle, Winchester
Meeting Attendees
Councillor Nick Adams-King photo
Committee Member
Leader of the Council
Councillor Nick Adams-King

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Councillor Jan Warwick photo
Committee Member
Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Hampshire 2050 - Finance
Councillor Jan Warwick

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Councillor Roz Chadd photo
Committee Member
Councillor Roz Chadd

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Councillor Steve Forster photo
Committee Member
Councillor Steve Forster

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Councillor Liz Fairhurst photo
Committee Member
Councillor Liz Fairhurst

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Councillor Lulu Bowerman photo
Committee Member
Councillor Lulu Bowerman

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Councillor Russell Oppenheimer photo
Committee Member
Councillor Russell Oppenheimer

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Councillor Kirsty North photo
Committee Member
Councillor Kirsty North

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Councillor Zoe Huggins photo
Committee Member
Councillor Zoe Huggins

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Agenda
1 Apologies for absence
To receive any apologies for absence.
Minutes
2 Declarations of interest
All Members who believe they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting must declare that interest and, having regard to Part 3 Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council's Members’ Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code.  Furthermore all Members with a Personal Interest in a matter being considered at the meeting should consider, having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 4 of the Code, whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 5 of the Code, consider whether it is appropriate to leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code.
Minutes
3 Minutes of previous meeting
To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting
Attachments:
Minutes
4 Chairman's Announcements
To receive any announcements the Chairman may wish to make.
Minutes
5 Deputations
To receive any deputations notified under Standing Order 12.
Minutes
6 Proposals Relating to the Provision of a Specialist Secure Welfare Children's Home
To consider a report of the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Hampshire 2050, and the Director of Children’s Services, regarding the proposed re-purposing of the Stubbington Study Centre site to enable development of a new secure children’s home providing a safe and secure environment for the most vulnerable children in the County Council’s care.
Minutes
7 EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC
To resolve that the public be excluded from the meeting during the following item of business, as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during this item there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, and further that in all the circumstances of the cases, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons set out in the exempt appendices.

The intention to hold part of this Cabinet meeting in private was notified on the County Council’s website on 17 February 2025 in accordance with Part 3, Chapter 4 of the Constitution and no representations regarding this intention have been received.
Minutes
8 Proposals relating to the provision of a specialist secure welfare children's home - Exempt Appendices
To consider exempt appendices in relation to Item 6 on the agenda. (Appendix 4 regarding the site selection process, which contains confidential information relating to the County Council’s assets, and Appendix 5 which includes confidential financial information relating to the costs of running the Stubbington Study Centre).
Minutes
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