Issue - meetings

To agree the revised Overview and Scrutiny Work Programme for 2011/2012.

Richard Beaumont introduced the report of the Assistant Chief Executive relating to changes to the work programme and procedural changes to reduce the pressure on the Commission by greater empowerment of the O & S Panels.

The Commission:-

(i)                    agreed the revised work programme for Overview and Scrutiny in 2011/2012;

(ii)                  agreed to consult the Executive and Corporate Management Team on the revised work programme; and

(iii)                 recommended to Governance and Audit Committee that Council be asked to approve an amendment to the Constitution to extend to the Overview and Scrutiny Panels the Commission’s power to adopt Overview and Scrutiny reports, the making of recommendations to the Executive, Full Council and other organisations, and the consideration of responses to O & S reports.