Decision details

7.1  The chair introduced the item by noting that the committee have all seen the report emailed around with amendments from liberal democrats. He went on to say that he and the vice chair have had further negotiations and there are now three sticking points to bring to the committee.

7.2  The chair noted this is an interim report and once agreement has been reached it will go to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC). This will then be further refined; ready for a final edition in March.

7.3  The vice chair spoke about the three amendments. One sticking point was whether the report should say the committee had 'serious' or 'some' reservations about the new bill. He reported that the use of the word controversial, in reference to the bill, is now acceptable; however there remain reservations about call centre and housing repair service being referenced as examples of problematic contracts.

7.4  There was a brief discussion and it was agreed that 'some' will be used instead of ‘serious’ and the report would leave the examples in .The report was agreed unanimously. This report will go on to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee

7.5  Officer Tamsin Hooton, from the Business Support Unit (BSU) which supports the Clinical Commissioning Committee, said that the BSU would like to correct minor inaccuracies and also had some comment and further clarification requested on recommendations related to minor commissioning outside the NHS and contracting.

7.6  The chair responded that he looks forward to receiving the comments; this is an interim report that will be refined.

ACTION

The agreed interim report will go to the next appropriate OSC.