Issue - meetings

(a)       That the Committee agreed not to pursue the power given by section 56 of the Measure; and

(b)       That the updated protocol shown in Appendix 1 to replace the existing protocol relating to Members putting items on the agenda of Overview and Scrutiny Committees be agreed.

The Democracy and Governance Manager introduced a report on the implementation of part of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011.  He provided background information and referred to the main considerations of the report and advised that the two aspects of the Measure which directly affected Members were contained in sections 56 and 63.  

Members were informed that the Authority currently had an agreed protocol relating to individual Members putting items on the agenda of an Overview & Scrutiny Committee.  However, at a recent Group Leaders meeting it was considered that this should be updated to reflect the “Councillor calls for action” (CCfA) process.  A draft of the updated protocol was attached as Appendix 1 for the Committee’s consideration.

RESOLVED:

 (a)      That the Committee agreed not to pursue the power given by section 56 of the Measure; and

(b)       That the updated protocol shown in Appendix 1 to replace the existing protocol relating to Members putting items on the agenda of Overview and Scrutiny Committees be agreed.