It was moved by Councillor Barned, seconded by Councillor Mrs Gooch, that the recommendation of the Scrutiny Co-ordinating Committee regarding the amendment of the current Visiting Member Procedure Rules for Overview and Scrutiny as set out in Part 4 of the Constitution be approved.

RESOLVED:  That the Constitution be amended as follows:-

Second bullet point, paragraph 3, of the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules be deleted and replaced with the following:

·  “that Visiting Members may be involved in the general discussion of the Committee at the discretion of the Chairman but are not allowed to vote and it should be clearly indicated prior to any decision that they are not taking part in the vote”.