Local Government Reform - Consultation on Policy Proposals

Question 2:
Where decision-making is devolved to a committee of the
council, do you agree that effective internal scrutiny
arrangements should be required?
Question 3:
If a list of decision-making structures, as set out, is provided,
do you support the proposal that a default option should be
available?
Question 4:
Should a list of core issues, for which decisions must be
taken by the full council, be specified? If so, what are your
views on the issues that should be included in this list?
Sharing of Power and Responsibility
3.10. The members of a council, when it is established and on an annual
basis after that, are required to select a councillor to act as chair of
the council; they may also choose to select another councillor as
vice-chair. They will also select individual members to take on the
roles of chair and vice-chair of any committees that they create to
have responsibility for specific issues. In addition, a number of
public bodies appoint councillors to their management boards, and
in so doing, seek nominations from the relevant councils.
3.11. To ensure that power and responsibilities are shared amongst
elected members, it is proposed that a number of methods should
be available to councils for the allocation of these key positions
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