Decision details

It was moved by Councillor Prendergast, seconded by Councillor Brough:

Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Children’s Services and Safeguarding

Following the most recent OFSTED report, which sets out the serious issues that still remain within the Children’s Services Department, it is absolutely imperative that the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Children’s Services and Safeguarding) is reviewed to ensure that it is functioning correctly and is providing the oversight that is required.

Therefore, this Council resolves:

·       To consider appointing Opposition Members as the Chair and Vice Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Children’s Services and Safeguarding); and

·       To ask the Cabinet Member for Children’s Social Careto liaise with the Government Commissioner as to whether he believes it would be a good idea for a review of overview and scrutiny to be undertaken in relation to Children’s Services and Safeguarding.

An amendment was moved by Councillor Evans, seconded by Councillor Lloyd-Johnson that the Motion be amended as follows:

That the following text be added after point one in the section headed “Therefore this Council resolves:”

·       To take steps to ensure all future meetings of Overview and Scrutiny (Children’s Services and Safeguarding) are video recorded and available for members of the public to view online; and

Following a debate on the amendment, the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer officiated a vote and the Mayor declared that the amendment was lost by 16 votes to 45.

Following a debate on the Motion and in accordance with Rule 95 of Chapter 4 in the Constitution, the voting on the Motion was recorded and the Members of the Council present at the time, voted as follows:

FOR THE MOTION - Councillors Bennett, Brodie-Browne, Brough, D’Albuquerque, Dodd, Evans, Irving, Jones, Lloyd-Johnson, Morris, Prendergast, Pugh, Riley, Shaw, Lynne Thompson and Sir Ron Watson.

AGAINST THE MOTION – Councillors Atkinson, Bradshaw, Danny Burns, June Burns, Byrom, Carlin, Cluskey, Corcoran, Cummins, Dowd, Doyle, Fairclough, Grace, Halsall, Hansen, Hardman, Hardy, Howard, John Kelly, John Joseph Kelly, Sonya Kelly, Killen, Lappin, Lunn-Bates, Chris Maher, Ian Maher, McKinley, Murphy, Myers, O’Brien, Page, Richards, Roche, Roscoe, Sayers, Spencer, Spring, Thomas, Anne Thompson, Tweed, Veidman, Waterfield, Webster, Wilson and The Mayor. 

The Mayor declared that the Motion was lost by 16 votes to 45.