Issue - meetings

To consider and approve the Annual Report on activity by the Committee in 2021/22 to be presented to Full Council.

RESOLVED: that the People Overview and Scrutiny Committee agreed the Annual Report to Council, subject to the addition to the Looking Ahead section of an acknowledgement that the Committee aimed to make more recommendations in future.

The Chair introduced the draft Annual Report by the Committee for Full Council, highlighting that it illustrated that the Committee had done a significant amount of work from a standing start.

The Chair invited Committee members to raise any points on the draft Annual Report that they wished the Committee to consider.  Committee members made the following points:

·         The Committee had covered a lot of ground in its first year.  It was important that Overview and Scrutiny asked challenging questions on the areas it considered.

·         The Committee had gathered a lot of information in its first year and had established a good relationship with those it scrutinised.  Looking ahead it should aim to make more recommendations.   The Annual Report should make reference to this. 

RESOLVED: that the People Overview and Scrutiny Committee agreed the Annual Report to Council, subject to the addition to the Looking Ahead section of an acknowledgement that the Committee aimed to make more recommendations in future.