Issue - meetings
Equality Due Regard requirement for Scrutiny
Meeting: 07/08/2024 - Scrutiny Committee - Children and Families (Item 8)
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To consider Report.
Scrutiny Committee are asked to:
1. Reconfirm their commitment to equality Due Regard being part of their Scrutiny function.
2. Support further training opportunities that are provided for the delivery of this commitment.
Note – the Chair will allow 15 minutes for this agenda item.
Decision:
The Committee considered a report on the responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010, namely scrutiny members duty to have Due Regard to the Public Sector Equality Duty as part of their role as Scrutiny members.
The Committee:
1. Reconfirmed their commitment to equality Due Regard being part of its Scrutiny function.
2. A briefing paper for scrutiny be provided and to support further training opportunities that are provided for the delivery of this commitment.
Minutes:
The Chair welcomed the Council’s Health Promotion Manager, Equalities, T Rutland to the meeting for this agenda item.
The Committee considered a report on the responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010, namely scrutiny members duty to have ‘due regard’ to the Public Sector Equality Duty as part of their role as Scrutiny members, following the peer challenge in relation to compliance with the quality framework for local government and the areas to focus on.
The Committee discussed the issues, asked a number of questions and made a number of comments, which were responded to at the meeting – covering, the role of scrutiny; access to training which is available to members and mention about the work of the Member Development Panel and looking to updating the members’ pages on the website to signpost to training opportunities available; referred to the links set out in part 6 of the report and in particular the link to the Council’s Constitution, which highlights the responsibilities and the requirements that scrutiny should be doing around the equality impact assessments and equalities agenda.
The Committee:
1. Reconfirmed their commitment to equality ‘due regard’ being part of its Scrutiny function.
2. A briefing paper for scrutiny be provided and to support further training opportunities that are provided for the delivery of this commitment.