On behalf of the Scrutiny Committee the Scrutiny Officer has submitted the Committee’s annual report for 2015/16.

The current Chair of the Committee, Councillor Gant, and the Chair of the Committee for 2015/16, Councillor Simmons, will introduce this report and answer questions.

Council is invited to comment on and note the report.

Council had before it the 2015/16 Annual Report of the Scrutiny Committee.

Councillor Simmons, the Committee’s Chair for 2015/16 spoke on the report and thanked the members and Chairs of the Panels and the committee members for their work and the difference this had made to the Council’s policies.

The Leader thanked Councillor Simmons and the council’s scrutiny officer for their work over the year.

Council noted the report without comment.