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 draft Work Programme for the Municipal Year 2022/23;

·       noting the progress of the Impact of Covid 19 on the Primary Curriculum Working Group;

·       consideration of deferring the re-establishing the Secondary School Performance and Attainment Working Group for a further 12 months, to the Autumn of 2023;

·       inviting Committee Members to participate in informal briefing sessions during 2022/23, rather than establish a traditional working group;

·       identifying any items for pre-scrutiny by the Committee from the latest Key Decision Forward Plan; and

·       receiving an update on the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

The following appendices were attached to this report:

·       Appendix A - Work Programme for 2021/22;

·       Appendix B – Terms of Reference for the Committee (extract from the Council’s Constitution); and

·       Appendix C – the latest Key Decision Forward Plan items relating to the Committee.

A supplementary agenda requested Committee Members to comment on the proposed frequency of meetings and the revised draft Work Programme for 2022/23, as attached at revised Appendix A.

Since the agenda for the meeting was published, a further Key Decision Forward Plan had been produced and the Committee was invited to identify any items for pre-scrutiny, as set out at Revised Appendix C.

Members of the Committee asked questions/raised issues on the following:

·       The possibility of providing a briefing session on the Leeds Family Values and the Sunderland model.

·       A partnership event on 21^st July 2022.

·       The proposed frequency of meetings of the Committee.

·       A report on the Children’s Services Improvement Journey.

·       Timings of any briefing sessions held.

·       The frequency of Improvement Board meetings.

·       The replacement for the Chief Officer of the Clinical Commissioning Groups.

·       The possibility of a briefing on the MacAlister Review.

·       The impact of Section 106 monies to education services, regarding projected school admission numbers.

RESOLVED: That

(1)      the revised draft Work Programme for 2022/23, as set out at Revised Appendix A to the report, be agreed, along with any additional items to be included and agreed;

(2)      progress of the Impact of Covid 19 on the Primary Curriculum Working Group be noted;

(3)      the re-establishment of the Secondary School Performance and Attainment Working Group be considered further at the next meeting of the Committee;

(4)      all Members of the Committee be invited to participate in informal briefing sessions, the timings to be considered and the following topics be considered for inclusion:

·       the Leeds Family Values and the Sunderland model; and

·       the MacAlister Review;

(5)      the Key Decision Forward Plan for the period 1 August – 30 November 2022, be noted; and

(6)      the update on the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee be noted.