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The Scrutiny Programme Committee was due to meet on 13 October 2026. The minutes have not been published, so this summary sets out what the committee was asked to consider, not what it decided. The main items were a follow-up on the drugs commission report, a progress report from a scrutiny panel, changes to panel membership, scrutiny letters, the work programme and a proposal to exclude the public from a confidential item.
The Scrutiny Programme Committee met on 15 September 2026. It considered progress on the Welsh Housing Quality Standard, a follow-up on the Empty Properties working group, and a pre-decision review of a proposed Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO, a council order that lets officers act against certain behaviour in a set area) for the city centre, beachfront and Dyfatty. It also approved its Annual Report for 2025/26 and changes to panel and working group membership. The Committee agreed to write to Cabinet Members, ended formal monitoring of the Empty Properties working group, and agreed that the Chair would attend Cabinet on 16 September to share its views on the PSPO.
The Scrutiny Programme Committee met on 29 July 2026 to consider a call-in of the Cabinet's 16 July decision to agree the sale of the council's freehold of the Swansea.com Stadium to Swansea City AFC. A call-in lets scrutiny councillors ask for a decision to be reviewed before it takes effect. The minute records questions to the Cabinet Member and officers on value, investment, valuation and safeguards, but does not record the committee's outcome.