Decision details

Appendix 1

Report to Council 19 November 2015

Appendix 1A

LCR Devolution Agreement

Appendix 1B

LCR Devolution Governance

Appendix 2

LCRCA Scrutiny Principles

Appendix 3

Draft LCRCA (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017

Appendix 4

Appendix 5

Appendix 6

LCR Devolution Deal – Powers and the exercise of those powers as contained within the LCRCA Order 2016

Letter of Commitment from Government concerning Employment and Skills powers

The Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) Order 2016

(1)

the draft LCR Order as detailed in Appendix 3  to the report which sets out the powers to be devolved to the LCRCA and directly elected Mayor be approved;

(2)

the Chief Executive be granted delegated authority in consultation with the Leader of the Council and/or Deputy Leader of the Council to agree minor amendments with Government and subsequently to provide confirmation of Sefton Council’s formal consent to Government in respect of the LCR Order;

(3)

the governance principles, previously agreed by the Council and LCRCA in November 2015 (as detailed in Appendix 1b to the report submitted), that will form the basis of the revised LCRCA constitution be noted and reaffirmed;

(4)

(5)

the scrutiny principles as detailed in Appendix 2 to the report be approved and it be noted that these will be incorporated into the revised LCRCA constitution;

the assurances given as detailed in Appendix 5 to the report, in respect of employment, education and skills be noted. Should the Government fail to deliver on those assurances, then the Council shall take all actions considered necessary ,including such legal action as may be considered appropriate, to compel Government to deliver the commitments made by Government in the 2015 Devolution Deal; and

(6)

It be noted that the proposal was a Key Decision but had not been included in the Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions. Consequently, the Leader of the Council and the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regulatory, Compliance and Corporate Services) had been consulted under Rule 27 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules and Rule 46 of the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules of the Constitution for these decisions to be treated as urgent and not subject to "call in", because to do so would result in a failure to meet the required deadline for action as the Orders have been subject to a Government timetable which only became clear in recent days.