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   Do councils need a committee system?

   • Councils who adopt the committee system are not required to have overview and scrutiny, but may do so if they wish – see the Local Authorities (Committee System) (England) Regulations 2012. The legislation has been strengthened and updated since 2000, most recently to reflect new governance arrangements with combined authorities.

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   Do councils need an overview and Scrutiny Committee?

   • As such, these councils are not required to have an overview and scrutiny committee, though some do have one or more. A committee system does, inherently, give a louder voice to minority parties and Independents, since each committee is made up of members from all groups.

   Is a Committee system right for your council?

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   What is a committee system Council?

   • Previously it was available only to district councils with populations under 85,000. Committee system councils make most decisions in committees, which are made up of a mix of councillors from all political parties. These councils may have one or more overview and scrutiny committees but are not required to.

   Rethinking governance - Centre for Governance and Scrutiny

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   How do councils make decisions?

   • Some councils opt for a committee system. The council establishes a number of committees, each with a specific area of responsibility. The political groups appoint elected members to those committees. More councillors are actively involved in decision-making, but it can take longer to reach decisions.

   How are decisions made? | Local Government Association

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   Why did the Council adopt a committee system of governance?

   • Following the May 2013 elections, a resolution was put to the council’s AGM to adopt the committee system of governance, on the basis that the committee system was “the most democratic and representative form of governance”.

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   What is a committee system?

   • Committee system. Since the Localism Act this option is now available to all councils. Previously it was available only to district councils with populations under 85,000. Committee system councils make most decisions in committees, which are made up of a mix of councillors from all political parties.

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2. www.local.gov.uk › lga-independent › resourcesIs a Committee system right for your council? | Local ...

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   As such, these councils are not required to have an overview and scrutiny committee, though some do have one or more. A committee system does, inherently, give a louder voice to minority...

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     Independent Group members have shared some of their council...

   • A councillor's workbook on scrutiny

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3. www.cfgs.org.uk › long-read-scrutiny-in-committeeLong read: scrutiny in committee system authorities - CFGS

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   • The Background and The Law Pre-2012
   • The Localism Act and The “Modern” Committee System
   • Making It Work Practically

   Until 2012, even committee system councils had to have one or more scrutiny committees. From 2000 until that year, the only councils allowed to operate under the committee system were shire district councils with populations under 85,000 – what were known as “fourth option” councils. Although these councils could retain the committee system form of...

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   Before the 2010 election the Conservative Party announced plans to remove the restriction on councils around committee system operations, and to put in place a new legal framework to provide for a liberalisation around governance and decision-making. This happened in the Localism 2011, and the salient sections allowed any council to adopt the commi...

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   Why have scrutiny, and why not? A report to the Governance Committee of Sheffield City Council in March 2022 makes the argument quite pithily: “In a committee system there is no legal requirement for separate scrutiny committee(s) now that cross-party check and challenge (and cross-party policy development) is built into every decision-making commi...

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   Apr 22, 2024 · Councils should consider how to adopt a protocol, e.g. formal agreement at scrutiny committee and Cabinet, then formal integration into the Council’s constitution at the next Annual General...

5. www.local.gov.uk › publications › councillorsA councillor's workbook on scrutiny | Local Government ...

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   Councils using a committee system of governance are not required by law to create an overview and scrutiny committee, but they may do so if they wish. However, it is a requirement that they...

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   Some councils opt for a committee system. The council establishes a number of committees, each with a specific area of responsibility. The political groups appoint elected members to...

7. cfgs.org.uk › wp-content › uploadsRethinking governance - Centre for Governance and Scrutiny

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   The availability of the committee system as a governance option for all councils in England has led a number of councils to consider changing their governance arrangements. Whichever system councils are thinking about moving from, or to, there are some common themes or issues that should be considered. This guide sets out a “thinking toolkit ...

8. committees.parliament.uk › writtenevidence › 79179OSG0122 - Evidence on Overview and scrutiny in local government

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   Councils who adopt the committee system are not required to have overview and scrutiny, but may do so if they wish – see the Local Authorities (Committee System) (England) Regulations 2012. The legislation has been strengthened and updated since 2000, most recently to reflect new governance arrangements with combined authorities.