The Director of Strategy, Insight and Governance introduced the item and referred to the workshop that had taken place before the meeting attended by 19 Members. The workshop covered the options developed for consideration and provided Members an opportunity to ask questions, debate and present alternatives or improvements to the suggested Models. There was a vote taken at the end of the session:

·  11 votes for Model B (Cabinet plus Policy Advisory Scrutiny Committees);

·  4 votes for Model A (Current Model – up to 4 Policy Advisory Committees (PACs) plus 1 Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC);

·  4 votes for Model E (Cabinet plus Cabinet Advisory Committees and an Overview and Scrutiny Committee); and

·  0 votes for all other Models.

The Committee indicated that the session had been interesting but had not been binding. The Committee considered that models A and E were similar enough that they could be considered together, and there would be further work to do on model B. It was agreed that two options, one for a combined Model of A and E, and one for Model B should be worked on and presented to the Committee at its next scheduled meeting for further discussion, and recommendation to Council.

RESOLVED: That two Models including Model B and a combined version of Models A and E be worked up for presentation at the next scheduled committee meeting.