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ANNUAL SCRUTINY REPORT 2019/20

Meeting: 26/03/2020 - Executive, Resources and Contracts Policy Development and Scrutiny Committee (Item 138)

138 ANNUAL SCRUTINY REPORT 2019/20

Additional documents:

  • Enc. 1 for ANNUAL SCRUTINY REPORT 2019/20

Minutes:

Report CSD20049

 

The Council’s Constitution required that a report is made each year to Full Council which summarised work carried out by Policy Development and Scrutiny (PDS) Committees. The report presented the latest draft of the 2019/20 report, including contributions from PDS Chairmen summarising work of the Committees.

Members recognised that the report had been compiled prior to the escalation of the COVID-19 emergency and therefore some parts of the report were now out of date.  The Chairman highlighted that the report was a reflection of the whole of the 2019/20 Municipal Year.

It was noted that there was a typing error on page 47 of the report.

A Member highlighted that at the beginning of the 2019/20 Municipal Year the Government had issued statutory guidance relating to overview and scrutiny.  This had been circulated to all councillors.  The Director of Corporate Services confirmed that a review of Bromley’s overview and scrutiny arrangements undertaken at the time the statutory guidance was issued had demonstrated that the arrangements complied with the majority of the recommendations outlined in the guidance.  It was however agreed that it would be helpful to have an agenda item on this issue in the new municipal year.

MEMEBRS EXPRESSED A VIEW THAT

1. The report be noted and the suggested amendments made, and

2. That the Committee be recommended to consider the statutory guidance in relation to Overview and Scrutiny in the new Municipal Year.