Some go onto 'greater' things - others have no where else to go after their stint is over.
The Housing and Adult Social Care (HASC) scrutiny committee seems biased toward council tenant problems.
There is a theory that one can get onto a council committee by using bullying, intimidation and manipulation.
Appointed committee members don't appear to have to follow any Code of Conduct.
Appointed committee members don't appear to have to follow any Code of Conduct.
According to the councils website "Three of the scrutiny committees mirror the three service directorates, one covers health scrutiny and the fifth will look at corporate resources, performance and policy together with covering the central departments.
- Children schools and families
- Culture and environment
- Housing and adult social care
- Health
- Resources and corporate performance"
As previously reported on this blog, (link to post to follow when I can be arsed) the HASC committee breached the Councils Constitution by setting up various sub-committees. I think it was one of the committee chairs who claimed that the part of the constitution that 'forbid' the setting up of sub-groups wasn't binding.
Anyway, since the breach the councils Constitution has been altered (Nov 2011) to accommodate the hasc scrutiny committee.
NB Councils are permitted by statute to have scrutiny committee sub-panels, but it isn't against the 'law' to not have them.
Lots of odd things going on with the hasc committee since the Camden labour association got back into power in May 2010.
The councils Annual Complaints Handling report (usually given to the Cabinet committee in Sept) has also ceased being published on the councils website as like previous years. In the new era of greater public authority transparency and accountability and so-called 'devolved' power to local communities, this can only be seen as a backward step.
Anyway, since the breach the councils Constitution has been altered (Nov 2011) to accommodate the hasc scrutiny committee.
NB Councils are permitted by statute to have scrutiny committee sub-panels, but it isn't against the 'law' to not have them.
Lots of odd things going on with the hasc committee since the Camden labour association got back into power in May 2010.
The councils Annual Complaints Handling report (usually given to the Cabinet committee in Sept) has also ceased being published on the councils website as like previous years. In the new era of greater public authority transparency and accountability and so-called 'devolved' power to local communities, this can only be seen as a backward step.
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