Issue - meetings

To adopt a constitution for the Shadow Council

Consideration was given to a recommendation from the Joint Committee that the content of the Constitution be agreed. An amendment was, however, made to Rule 17.1 of the Shadow Councils Procedure Rules whereby appointments of the Chairmen and Vice-Chairman of the Committees would be made by the Committees themselves, not by the Shadow Council.

RESOLVED

1. That, with the exception of an amendment to Rule 17.1 of the Shadow Council’s Procedure Rules, and elsewhere as necessary, to provide that appointments of the Chairman and Vice Chairmen of Committees shall be made by the Committees themselves, not the Shadow Council, the Shadow Council agrees the content of the Constitutional documents submitted and adopts them as its Constitution.

2. That the Shadow Councils Interim Monitoring Officer be authorised to make the amendments described at 2.1.1, and such other minor and consequential amendments to the drafting of the constitutional documents as she considers are necessary to facilitate the business of the Shadow Council.