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Consideration was given to
recommendation OS 23/41 of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee of
14 September 2023.
 
As suggested by
a number of Members at the meeting of
the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 14 September 2023, Cabinet
supported governance changes being revisited by the Overview and
Scrutiny Committee at a later date to allow the current
arrangements more time to settle in.
 

RESOLVED:  That
 

(1)        the
formalisation of the process of submitting requests for agenda
items to the Chair for liaison with key officers to ensure that the
work programme remained balanced throughout the year be
approved;
 
(2)        the Overview
and Scrutiny and Cabinet Protocol be amended as follows:
 

(i)   
inclusion of the Local Government Association guidance on the
setting of scrutiny work programmes (as set out in paragraph
1.3.10);
 

(3)        the amended
Cabinet-Overview & Scrutiny Protocol be published to the
website as an Annex to the Constitution.