Issue - meetings

Cabinet recommended to Full Council that:

              i)        A word limit of 200 for each question and 300 words for each answer (except where the complexity of the questions requires a longer response) be implemented.

             ii)        The deadline for submitting questions be changed to 12pm three clear working days before the meeting.

           iii)        Questions from Councillors be taken as read, unless it is specifically requested that they are read out.

           iv)        A new back-end process for dealing with questions is introduced.

            v)        The Constitution is amended to reflect A-D above.

Full Council received a referral from Cabinet to amend the questions procedure at meetings.

Proposed by Councillor James Leppard (seconded by Councillor Dan Swords) it was:

RESOLVED that:

A    A word limit of 200 for each question and 300 words for each answer (except where the complexity of the questions requires a longer response) be implemented.

B    The deadline for submitting questions be changed to 12pm three clear working days before the meeting.

C    Questions from Councillors be taken as read, unless it is specifically requested that they are read out.

D    A new back-end process for dealing with questions is introduced.

E     The Constitution is amended to reflect A-D above.

RESOLVED that Cabinet recommended to Full Council that:

A    A word limit of 200 for each question and 300 words for each answer (except where the complexity of the questions requires a longer response) be implemented.

B    The deadline for submitting questions be changed to 12pm three clear working days before the meeting.

C    Questions from Councillors be taken as read, unless it is specifically requested that they are read out.

D    A new back-end process for dealing with questions is introduced.

E     The Constitution is amended to reflect A-D above.

Cabinet received a report on revised questions procedures for meetings.

Proposed by Councillor James Leppard (seconded by Councillor Dan Swords) it was:

RESOLVED that Cabinet recommended to Full Council that:

A    A word limit of 200 for each question and 300 words for each answer (except where the complexity of the questions requires a longer response) be implemented.

B    The deadline for submitting questions be changed to 12pm three clear working days before the meeting.

C    Questions from Councillors be taken as read, unless it is specifically requested that they are read out.

D    A new back-end process for dealing with questions is introduced.

E     The Constitution is amended to reflect A-D above.