Agenda item

6.1  The chair suggested that chairs of sub-committees take soundings from their members on provisional scrutiny topics for the year and report back to the meeting of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee on 13 June 2011.

6.2  Members noted the need to consider the budget saving required from scrutiny and agreed that this should be discussed further at the next meeting.

  RESOLVED:

1.  That the following five scrutiny sub-committees be constituted for the municipal year 2011/2012, each composed of four labour members and three liberal democrat members:

Education & children's services

Environment, transport, communities & citizenship

Health & adult social care

Housing & community safety (with responsibility for crime and disorder within the meaning of section 19 of the police and justice act 2006)

Regeneration & leisure

2.  That chairs and vice-chairs be appointed as follows:

Education & children's services

Chair: Councillor David Hubber

Vice-Chair: Councillor The Right Revd Emmanuel Oyewole

Environment, transport, communities & citizenship

Chair: Councillor Dan Garfield

Vice-Chair: Councillor Geoffrey Thornton

Health & adult social care

Chair: Councillor Mark Williams

Vice-Chair: Councillor David Noakes

Housing & community safety

Chair: Councillor Gavin Edwards

Vice-Chair: Councillor Linda Manchester

Regeneration & leisure

Chair: Councillor David Noakes

Vice-Chair: Councillor Renata Hamvas

The meeting closed at 9.25 pm.