Decision

The Cabinet has considered a report detailing a proposed amendment to PR4 (Scrutiny Procedure Rules) contained within the Council’s constitution to amend the timeframe for the submission of a response from the Cabinet to a scrutiny review final report and has agreed to recommend that the Council Meeting gives approval to the adoption of amendments to Section 10.3(b) of ‘PR4 – Scrutiny Procedure Rules’ to align the timeframe for the submission of a response from the Cabinet to a scrutiny review final report to the current committee cycle, specifically that this be amended to read “within two committee-cycles”.

Alternative options considered

To make no changes to ‘PR4 – Scrutiny Procedure Rules’ in relation the timeframe for the submission of Cabinet responses to scrutiny review final reports.

This is not recommended, as to do so would result in leaving known deficiencies within the Constitution intact which could serve to undermine wider confidence in the robustness of the Council’s approved and adopted governance arrangements.