The Committee received an update on the proposed training programme for Scrutiny Committee members. It was noted that a Training Questionnaire had been circulated to all members and analysis of the returned forms would inform the training programme. A Member Development Panel was to be set up and Members thought it important that there should be scrutiny representation on the Panel.
Members expressed their delight with the training session that had been organised for them prior to the meeting, and felt that this might be usefully supplemented by hearing about how Scrutiny was actually undertaken in a best-practice Authority. The Committee was reminded that they had previously agreed to participate in the CWIEP Scrutiny Training Project, further information on which would be available shortly.
RESOLVED –
1. Councillor G Baxendale be nominated as the Scrutiny Representative on the proposed Member Development Panel/ Committee; and
2. An approach be made to Tameside MBC to see whether a Member and Officer would be willing to contribute to the Committee’s training programme.