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Business O&S Committee Work Programme

Meeting: 17/09/2019 - Business Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 23)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered a report from the Scrutiny Officer which explained the process of developing and managing a scrutiny work programme for the current municipal year. The report also updated the Committee on the current status of scrutiny reviews and workshops on a variety of topics. A report on the Council’s scrutiny arrangements would be considered by the Standards and Constitutional Oversight Committee at its meeting on 26 September, 2019. Councillor Lesley Rennie had agreed to chair the Camper Vans Task and Finish Scrutiny Review. A scrutiny workshop session had been held on 5 September to update Members on regeneration projects for Wirral Waters and Birkenhead Town Centre from which the view from all parties was that Members needed to see cranes on site and spades in the ground.

 

Councillor Jo Bird suggested that a Scrutiny Review Panel be established to look at the lessons learnt from the New Ferry explosion whilst hearing first hand from the victims and on the preparedness of the Council for disaster responses. After some debate on the potential remit of the Review Panel it was then -

 

Resolved –

 

(1)  That the contents of the Committee’s Work Programme for 2019/20, be noted.

 

(2)  That a Scrutiny Review Panel be established to look at the lessons to be learnt from the New Ferry incident and that dependent on the results of the review the Panel then look at a major incidents procedure and protocol.