Issue - meetings

RECOMMENDED:      1)         That the draft Protocol attached to the agenda be recommended to Full Council for approval as drafted.

2)     That the operation of the Protocol be reviewed after 12 months of operation.

Reason for Decision

To respond to the Statutory Guidance and promote a good working relationship between Scrutiny and the Executive.

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The Monitoring Officer presented the report which presented a draft Protocol which was designed to assist Members of the Policy Review and Development Panels and the Cabinet by defining the relationship between the Executive and Scrutiny and the role of Cabinet Members in the Scrutiny process.

The Protocol had been prepared in response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Statutory Guidance on Overview and Scrutiny in Local and Combined Authorities (“the Statutory Guidance”). This was statutory guidance which Local Authorities must have regard to when exercising their functions.

The draft Protocol was presented to all three Panels and was supported.

RECOMMENDED:    

1)         That the draft Protocol attached to the agenda be recommended to Full Council for approval as drafted.

2)            That the operation of the Protocol be reviewed after 12 months of operation.

Reason for Decision

To respond to the Statutory Guidance and promote a good working relationship between Scrutiny and the Executive.