Decision details

Councillor Campbell, Vice-Chairman of Governance & Audit Committee, spoke under Council Procedure Rule 24.1.

Nikki Morris, Business Support & Compliance Manager, presented her report and, in so doing, stated that the Council’s Senior Management Team was of the view that the following proposed change in the Terms of Reference (Annex 1);

“To recommend to Cabinet the Council’s policy in Equalities (PSED)”

should be deleted.

In support of this view, Harvey Patterson, Monitoring Officer, pointed out that policy development was ultimately the responsibility of Cabinet.

Councillor Campbell stated that, as he understood it, the intended role of the Governance & Audit Committee in relation to the equalities policy would be one of assessing the robustness of the policy and its implementation and making recommendations to Cabinet, as the Committee deemed necessary.

On the proposal of Councillor Hayton, seconded by Councillor Wright, it was AGREED TO RECOMMEND to the Standards Committee that the revised Terms of Reference, as attached as Annex 1 to the Report, be approved and referred to Council for ratification.