This report asks the Committee to note its Terms of Reference as given by Full Council and to make any suggestions to the Constitution Working Party for clarifying these Terms of Reference and to make, by exception, delegations to Officers under matters reserved.

The Chair invited the Interim Monitoring Officer to present his report.  He provided a short introduction confirming the Committee’s Terms of Reference as given by Full Council and he asked the Committee if it wished to make suggestions for change to the Constitution Working Party as appropriate. He outlined to Members that this report was different to others that had already been presented to other Committees where reference had been made to the Matters Reserved scheme.  This Committee was different in that a large number of its Terms of Reference were policy matters which were reserved to Members, it was not necessary to have a reserved matters scheme unless Members wanted one.

No requests were made by the Committee to change its Terms of Reference, though in making reference to the Committee’s Calendar of Meetings for 2021/22, the Chair proposed that the next meeting of the Committee scheduled for 2 September 2021 be moved to 1 September 2021, for a range of reasons. This proposal was seconded by Councillor Pendleton.

Following discussion around the need to make this change in date, Councillor Walsh proposed an amendment which was that the meeting date be 31 August 2021. This was seconded by Councillor Stanley.

Following some discussion around the need to ensure that any change in meeting date should be consulted with all Members of the Committee in advance, Councillor Walsh’s amendment was put to the vote. As the result of this vote was split with 4 voting for and 4 voting against, the Chair used his casting vote and the amendment was declared NOT CARRIED.  A vote was then held on the substantive motion to move the date to 1 September 2021, and on putting this to the vote, the result was again split with 4 voting and 4 voting against.  The Chair then used his casting vote and the substantive amendment was then declared CARRIED.

The Chair then returned to the substantive recommendations as outlined in the Interim Monitoring Officer’s report.

The Committee

            RESOLVED – That

1)    the general Terms of Reference for Committees in Part 3 Paragraph 3 of the Constitution be noted and the specific Terms of Reference for the Corporate Policy and Performance Committee as established by Full Council on 19 May 2021 as set out in part 1 and Part 2 of Appendix 1 attached to the report be noted;

2)    no suggestions were identified to be considered by Full Council through the Constitution Working Party (CWP) for clarifications of these Terms of Reference;

3)    the schedule of Corporate Policy and Performance Committee meetings as set out in the Calendar of meetings provided as an e-link in the background papers section of this report be noted but as amended at the meeting in that the next meeting of the Committee be moved from 2 to 1 September 2021; and

4)    it was confirmed that there were no matters to be on the matters reserved scheme whereby matters not reserved by Committee to itself are delegated to Officers by default and set out in Appendix 2 (attached).