The Monitoring Officer to report.
Minutes:
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The Director of Legal and Governance reported on the creation of a Member Development Programme. An indicative draft programme was circulated to Members of the Committee at the meeting. |
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Members provided comments, as follows: |
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· Relevant training and guidance should be provided to Members concerning the use of electronic communications. |
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· It was noted that safeguarding and corporate parenting were matters dealt with by the existing programme and were proposed in the draft programme. |
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· The venue for future activities should be considered, so as to allow an appropriate level of interaction and questioning. |
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· Knowledge training for Members would need to be a regular feature of any programme. |
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6.3 |
Resolved: that (i) the report of the Director of Legal and Governance is noted; and (ii) Members of the Committee are requested to provide any additional comments concerning Member Development to the Director of Legal and Governance. |