Issue - meetings

The Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Locality Services – Commissioned that sought consent to the making of regulations by the Secretary of State to facilitate the establishment of Transport for the North (TfN) as a Sub–national Transport Body.

The Leader of the Council reported that Cabinet were required to agree an additional recommendation in relation to the chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regeneration and Skills), Councillor Sayers giving his consent to waive call-in under Rule 46 of the Scrutiny Procedure Rules on the basis that the decisions could not be reasonably deferred because the Council is required to submit a written response to Transport for the North by 2 November 2017 to enable them to respond to the Department of Transport.

Decision Made:       That the Cabinet:

(1)    note that consent to the making of regulations by the Secretary of State to establish Transport for the North as a Sub-national Transport Body, under section 102J of the Local Transport Act 2008 is required by Government;

(2)    agree that the required consent of the Cabinet be provided to         Government;

(3)    note that any subsequent revisions to requirements regarding this consent will be the subject of a further report to Cabinet; and

(4)    note that the Leader of the Council and the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regeneration and Skills) had given their consent under Rule 46 of the Scrutiny Procedure Rules for these decisions to be treated as urgent and not subject to “call in” on the basis that the decisions could not be reasonably deferred because the Council is required to submit a written response to Transport for the North by 2 November 2017 to enable them to respond to the Department of Transport and for the legislation to proceed in Parliamentary time.