Issue - meetings
Consideration of Matters Referred by Overview and Scrutiny Bodies
Meeting: 07/12/2011 - Cabinet (Item 116)
Consideration of Matters Referred by Overview and Scrutiny Bodies
This is a standing agenda item (Constitution rule 21, part 4D – Executive Procedure Rules) for matters referred by Policy Development and Scrutiny bodies. The Chair(person) of the relevant PDS body will have the right to attend and at the discretion of the Leader to speak to the item, but not vote
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Minutes:
The Chair announced that the Economic and Community Development Policy Development and Scrutiny Panel had met on 5th December to consider the Call-in of Cabinet Decision E2328 on Broadband Provision. The Panel had agreed to make some recommendations to Cabinet and the Chair of the Panel had referred the Panel’s recommendations, for consideration by Cabinet. He drew attention to the summary of the Panel’s recommendations, a copy of which had been put into the public gallery before the meeting [and are attached as Appendix 2 to these Minutes and on the Council’s website].
Councillor Robin Moss, Chair of the Panel, introduced the Panel’s recommendations to Cabinet. He observed that the Panel had unanimously supported the recommendations. He felt that the strong response to the decision indicated that there had been inadequate consultation prior to the decision.
Councillor Cherry Beath thanked the Panel for their hard work, and all contributors for their considerable input to the debate. She emphasised that there was no disagreement on the importance of this issue – only of the means to achieve the best outcome. She believed that some of the suggestions warranted consideration, but would need proper technical advice before this could be done, so she made a proposal to Cabinet, the effect of which would be that Cabinet would reconsider the issue at a future meeting.
On a motion from Councillor Cherry Beath, seconded by Councillor Paul Crossley, it was
RESOLVED (unanimously)
(1) To NOTE recommendations made by the Economic and Community Development Policy Development and Scrutiny Panel from its meeting of 5th December 2011;
(2) To AGREE that further technical information would be required before reconsidering the issue;
(3) To ASK that a new report be presented to Cabinet in due course to enable Cabinet to make a further decision with all the information available.
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