Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer seeking the views of the Committee on the Work Programme for 2021/22; the identification of potential topics for scrutiny reviews to be undertaken by a Working Group(s) appointed by the Committee; the identification of any items for pre-scrutiny by the Committee from the Key Decision Forward Plan; and providing an update on the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Members asked questions/commented on the following issues:

·        A Working Group could potentially be established to review the Council’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It was anticipated that many other local authorities, together the Local Government Association, would be looking at this issue to find out how local Councils coped during the pandemic to help their local residents and businesses. Any work undertaken in Sefton could be fed into the national debate

·        The community centred approach to local economic development, Community Wealth Building, was referred to and particularly the “Preston Model”; and it was suggested that it may be beneficial in the future for the Committee to receive a report on Sefton’s work towards Community Wealth Building  

RESOLVED: That