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APPOINTMENT OF SCRUTINY LEAD MEMBERS, CO-OPTIONS TO OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF SUB-COMMITTEES
Meeting: 24/05/2021 - Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Item 6)
6 APPOINTMENT OF SCRUTINY LEAD MEMBERS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF SUB-COMMITTEES FOR 2021-21 PDF 145 KB
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1, item 6 PDF 197 KB
- Appendix 2, item 6 PDF 174 KB
- Appendix 3, item 6 PDF 191 KB
- Appendix 4, item 6 PDF 330 KB
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Minutes:
The Committee noted that the Cabinet on 24th March 2021 had considered a report from the Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic (BAME) Inequalities Commission and had RThe Committee received a report regarding the establishment of the Scrutiny Sub-Committees and Appointment of Members to those Sub-Committees.
As a result of discussions on the report the Chair moved and it was RESOLVED:
- That the appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Committee should be deferred to a future meeting.
- That the Scrutiny Lead for:
a) Children & Education would be Councillor Bex White.
b) Health & Adults would be Councillor Gabriela Salva-Macallan.
c) Housing & Regeneration would be Councillor Ehtasham Haque.
d) Resources & Finance would be Councillor Leema Omar Qureshi; and
e) Community Safety & Environment would be Councillor Faroque Ahmed.
- To note that establishment of the scrutiny sub-committees as set out in the report.
- To approve the nominations for members for the scrutiny sub-committees.
- To note the terms of reference of the Committee and agree the terms of reference for the scrutiny sub committees as set out in the report; and
- To note the co-optee requirements for education in accordance with legislation, as set out in the report and the wider co-option arrangements for scrutiny at Tower Hamlets, as set out in the report.
ESOLVED to note the work that the Commission has undertaken during the four-month period and agreed the recommendations as set out in the report. This decision however had been ‘Called-In’ by Councillor Puru Miah (signed also by Councillors Peter Gold; Rabina Khan; Harun Miah and Andrew Wood). The main points raised as result of the questioning may be summarised as follows:
The Committee noted the:
1. Cabinet report,
2. Cabinet Decision of the 24th March 2021
3. “call in” requisition from the Call-in Members,
4. representations by the Call-in Members, and
5. representations by the Executive.
Summary of the Call-in:
The Committee:
v Noted that the Call-In Members had made two proposals (i) for Mayor and Cabinet not to just note the report, but instead to have it translated into community languages and produced in a non-digital format which should then be distributed in places like Ideas stores and GP surgeries. Then put out to further consultation for a six-month period; and (ii) for an independent panel to be formed to investigate the allegations of racial discrimination made to the Commission and for the panel to report its finding to the full council.
v Observed that the decision was considered by the Call-In Members to be in breach of Tower Hamlets Council’s common law duty and statutory duties under the law. As when the BAME Inequalities Report had been launched in October 2020, one of its stated aims had been to “engage and operate at the heart of the LBTH communities to hear about people’s lived experience and solutions, specifically Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women and young people who experience higher levels of inequality”. Therefore, the Call-In Members felt that residents had a legitimate expectation for the ... view the full minutes text for item 6
Meeting: 16/10/2018 - Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Item 2)
APPOINTMENT OF SCRUTINY LEAD
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Minutes:
Agreed that following the resignation of the existing Portfolio Holder that the following Councillor should be appointed to the vacant post: |
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Lead for Lead for Governance |
Bex White |
Meeting: 20/07/2017 - Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Item 3)
3 APPOINTMENT OF SCRUTINY LEAD MEMBERS PDF 110 KB
Additional documents:
- 1 Appendix Terms of reference for the Health Scrutiny Sub-Committee Appendix 1, item 3 PDF 54 KB
- 2 Appendix Terms of reference for the Housing Scrutiny Sub-Committee Appendix 2, item 3 PDF 59 KB
- 3 Appendix Terms of reference for the Grants Scrutiny Sub-Committee Appendix 3, item 3 PDF 69 KB
Minutes:
The Committee was reminded that annually it appoints Lead Scrutiny Members for different policy areas and establishes it’s Sub-Committees for the year. Certain Lead Members are also appointed as Chairs to various Sub-Committees. This process had taken place at the meeting on Wednesday 21 June 2017.
However, since that meeting the Chair of Overview and Scrutiny, Councillor Denise Jones, had raised with the Monitoring Officer her concerns over the appointments to Lead Members. She has stated that, for a number of reasons, there was significant confusion during that item of business and that the decisions taken was therefore not sound. The Monitoring Officer had therefore agreed to void those decisions and to instruct the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to reconsider those decisions at its 20th of July 2017 meeting. Although the decisions made at the last meeting to establish and appoint Members to the Sub-Committees were still valid. The Committee therefore noted that they had before them a new report to allow for the opportunity to retake the decisions. As a result of consideration on this report.
The Chair Moved and it was:-
RESOLVED
The Overview and Scrutiny Committee:
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A. Note the terms of reference for the Health Scrutiny Sub-Committee Appendix 1; B. Note the terms of reference for the Housing Scrutiny Sub-Committee Appendix 2 C. Note the terms of reference for the Grants Scrutiny Sub-Committee Appendix 3; and D. Note that the Scrutiny Leads once appointed will take the Chairs of the above mentioned Sub-Committees.
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Portfolio |
Elected Member
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Lead for Health,
Adults & Community Services |
Councillor Clare
Harrisson |
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Lead for Place |
Councillor Helal Uddin |
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Lead for
Resources |
Councillor Andrew Wood |
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Lead for Children’s Services |
Councillor Danny Hassell |
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Lead for Governance |
Councillor Ayas Miah |
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