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ITEM CC9

COUNTY COUNCIL – 9 SEPTEMBER 2003

HEALTH OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY IN OXFORDSHIRE

The Oxfordshire Leaders’ Group on 1 September endorsed the proposals set out in report CC9 (subject to the deletion of the final sentence of paragraph 7) and agreed to recommend the constituent councils to approve them.

Accordingly the Council is RECOMMENDED:

1. to approve the formation of a Joint County-wide Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee and 3 sub-committees, covering the areas set out in paragraph 6 of report CC9 and having the composition set out in Annex 2;
2. subject to deletion of the final sentence of paragraph 7 of the report, to approve the operational arrangements for the Joint Committee and sub-committees together with the terms of reference set out in Annex 3 (amended as appropriate in relation to the areas to be served by the respective sub-committees);
3. subject to any changes the political groups may wish to make, to appoint as the County Council’s representatives on the Joint Committee the current members of this Council’s Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee (ie Councillors Belson, Ferriman, Gatehouse, Law, Legge, Ludlow and Patrick)’; and
4. to ask the Monitoring Officer to make the necessary consequential changes to the Council’s Constitution.

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