Issue - meetings

To deal with any questions on notice from Members of the Council, in the order in which they have been received.

A period of up to 15 minutes is allocated for the asking and answering of questions.  This may be extended at the discretion of the Chairman with the agreement of the majority of those present.

The Chairman explained that one Question on Notice had been submitted for this meeting.

Question submitted by Councillor S. Colella.

“Could the Leader please confirm that she will ask the Monitoring Officer to seek external legal advice from specialist Counsel on the validity and methodology of the setting of the housing targets by the government and report back to Group Leaders.”

The Cabinet Member for Strategic Partnerships, Economic Development and Enabling provided a detailed response for Members’ consideration.

In doing so it was confirmed that the Assistant Director for Democratic, Legal and Procurement Services (and Monitoring Officer) had been contacted regarding this matter and had agreed to look into this matter and provide feedback to Group Leaders.