Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Regulation and Compliance

Further to Minute No. 25 of the meeting of the Audit and Governance Committee held on 9 December 2015, the Council considered the report of the Head of Regulation and Compliance, seeking approval for an addition to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee Procedure Rules of the Constitution that would require Members calling-in items to provide as much information, detail, explanation, evidence and/or facts as possible so as to allow the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to understand the full reasons, evidence, rationale and purpose of the call-in.

It was moved by Councillor Brennan, seconded by Councillor Fairclough and

RESOLVED:

That Chapter 6, Paragraph 40 of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee Procedure Rules of the Constitution be amended by the addition of the following text:

“In relying on paragraphs (a) to (e) above, Members instigating a call-in shall provide as much information, detail, explanation, evidence and/or facts as possible so as to ensure that the full reasons, evidence, rationale and purpose of the call-in are understood”.