Issue - meetings

(a)       That the report be noted;

(b)       That an Annual Council Reporting Framework Task Group be formed by  Councillors Marian Bateman, Dave Mackie, Andy Dunbobbin, Carol Ellis and Hilary McGuill.

The Member Engagement Manager introduced the report to consider the Forward Work Programme of the Committee.   He advised that the following items were scheduled for consideration at the next meeting of the Committee to be held on 20 March 2014:

• Annual Council Reporting Framework
• Improvement Plan Monitoring update
• Annual Fostering Inspection
• Directorate Plan

The Member Engagement Manager sought volunteers to form an Annual Council Reporting Framework Task Group.  In response to the request Councillors Marian Bateman, Dave Mackie, Andy Dunbobbin, Carol Ellis and volunteered to serve on the Group.  The Chairman commented that Councillor Hilary McGuill had also previously indicated that she may be willing to serve on such a group.  

The Member Engagement Manager advised that the Local Government (Wales) Measure provided a duty to scrutinise other public service bodies.   The Welsh Government (WG) had issued draft guidance on which bodies be included and Health was included which was a major change of the previous Welsh Government (WG) stance.  However, he cautioned this may not be implemented for a while.  In the circumstances, health scrutiny would continue to be carried out  using the general powers in S21(2)(e) of the Local Government Act 2000.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the report be noted;

(b)       That an Annual Council Reporting Framework Task Group be formed by  Councillors Marian Bateman, Dave Mackie, Andy Dunbobbin, Carol Ellis and Hilary McGuill.