This Committee is responsible for discharging
the Council’s function to review and approve the annual
statement of accounts and to provide independent assurance of the
adequacy of the risk management framework and the associated
control environment
Wirral Council is fully committed to
equalities and our obligations under The Equality Act 2010 and
Public Sector Equality Duty.
We encourage people who have a protected
characteristic to participate in public meetings and in the
democratic process. If you have any adjustments that would
help you attend or participate at this meeting, please let us know
as soon as possible and we would be happy to facilitate where
possible. Please contact committeeservices@wirral.gov.uk.
Public Questions
Notice for public questions must be put in
writing to the Monitoring Officer no later than midday three
working days before the meeting and should be sent to committeeservices@wirral.gov.uk.
If you do not receive an acknowledgement of
receipt of your question by the deadline for submission, please
telephone the relevant Committee Services Officer to confirm we
have received your email. Their contact details can be found
further down this page.
Public
Statements
A member of the public may speak on up to two
non-procedural items on any agenda if notice has been given no
later than midday three working days before themeeting. No speech
should exceed three minutes. Please give notice to committeeservices@wirral.gov.uk.
If you do not receive an acknowledgement of
receipt of your statement by the deadline for submission, please
telephone the relevant Committee Services Officer to confirm we
have received your email. Their contact details can be found
further down this page.
Petitions
Petitions may be
presented to the Committee if provided to Democratic and Member
Services no later than 10 working days before the meeting, at the
discretion of the Chair. The person presenting the petition will be
allowed to address the meeting briefly (not exceeding three minute)
to outline the aims of the petition. The Chair will refer the
matter to another appropriate body of the Council within whose
terms of reference it falls without discussion, unless a relevant
item appears elsewhere on the Agenda. If a petition contains more
than 5,000 signatures, it will be debated at a subsequent meeting
of Council for up to 15 minutes, at the discretion of the Chair.
Please give notice of petitions to committeeservices@wirral.gov.uk
in advance of the meeting.
Personal information
For further information about how
we use the personal data of individuals speaking at Council and
Committee meetings, please see the following
document: Document Data Protection
Protocol for Public Speakers at Committees | Wirral
Council
