Issue - meetings

Members considered the content of the Cabinet Work Programme for the period 1st October 2014 to 28th February 2015.

Officers confirmed that the Board was scheduled to receive the Fees and Charges review at their following meeting.  The Board would also be provided with a summary of the Finance Monitoring Report Quarter 2, though it was unlikely that Members would be considering the same level of detail that would subsequently be reported to the Cabinet.

The appropriate timing of meetings of the Board was briefly debated.  Members commented that in previous years there had been a discussion of the impact of the timing of the meetings on the potential for the Board to make a constructive contribution to policy development work through pre-decision scrutiny.  Officers confirmed that the timing of the meeting of the Board was being considered and there was the possibility that meetings would take place the week prior to Cabinet in future in order to enable the Board to pre-scrutinise reports and policies more effectively.