Issue - meetings

The Head of Internal Audit submitted a report providing the Committee with details of the draft Annual Governance Statement 2019/20. It is a requirement of the Accounts and Audit Regulations that the Council prepares an Annual Governance Statement. This set out the Council’s governance arrangements, which included regular monitoring by the Council’s Corporate Management Team along with providing an assessment of the performance of those arrangements and their effectiveness over the year.

The Head of Internal Audit confirmed that the draft had been circulated to Members for comment prior to the meeting and that the arrangements were in alignment with SOLACE’s guidance.

Councillor Kevin Small asked a number of questions about the committee structure chart, in particular that Special Committee should have a direct link to Council, for which it is authorised to act and that the overview and scrutiny committees should be shown as subordinate to the Scrutiny Committee. The Chair agreed to follow up this issue with Councillor Small and relevant officers outside the meeting.

Resolved - That the Annual Governance Statement 2019/20 be noted.