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The Assistant Director (Governance) outlined that the purpose of the report was to provide a briefing about the intended role of the Transitional Committees and how they fit within the Council’s governance arrangements.

Councillor Sue Alton asked what oversight will the Governance Committee have of Transitional Committees? The Director of Legal and Governance mentioned that the Governance Committee’s role was to focus on the mechanisms of how the Transitional Committees operate and the lessons that can be learned from this and not to oversee what decisions were being made at those Committees. The Assistant Director (Governance) mentioned there will be a number of ways that Transitional Committees feed back to the Governance Committee, the main way will be through Chairs/Vice Chairs of the Transitional Committees as they’re members of the Governance Committee. This will give the Governance Committee the ability to reflect on what mechanisms were and were not working well within the Transitional Committees.

The Committee discussed the advantages of Chair/Vice Chairs holding sessions with members of their respective Committees and then feeding back that information to the appropriate Committee.

RESOLVED: that the Committee noted the Transitional Committee briefing.