Committee to scrutinise health, education and regeneration
The public are being invited to give their
views on health, education and regeneration after Harlow Council’s
Scrutiny Committee agreed the areas it will review as part of its
updated work plan for 2010/11.
The Committee agreed at its meeting
on 13 July 2010 to review the following:
- The Government’s White Paper ‘Equity and Excellence:
Liberating the NHS’.
- Academies Bill and its affect on
education arrangements in Harlow.
- Regeneration and Enterprise in Harlow, including the
effects of the recession on local employment.
Recent changes to the Council’s decision
making structure has given the Scrutiny Committee the opportunity
to review its remit and look at issues which are important
to the town and that are outside the Council’s direct control.
The Committee can review or scrutinise any decision made but not
implemented and can recommend the decision be reconsidered by the
person or body who made it.
The NHS White Paper review will take place in
time to enable the Council to respond to the Government’s
consultation deadline of 5 October 2010. Reviews of
the Academies Bill and Regeneration
and Enterprise will take place in December 2010 and March 2010
respectively.
The Committee has also agreed that an
updated report on digital television services and the digital
switchover will be reported to its next meeting on 11 October
2010.
The public are invited to submit their views
as part of the reviews and these can be emailed to: mailto:vivien.kelly@harlow.gov.uk
Councillor Tony Durcan, Chairman of the
Council’s Scrutiny Committee, said: “The Scrutiny Committee has now
got the opportunity to look at some of the wider issues affecting
the town that are not in the Council’s direct control. The reviews
of the NHS White Paper and the Academies Bill will look at the
opportunities and issues of proposals for Harlow and we will be
inviting local organisations to take part in the discussions.”
Councillor Andrew Johnson, Leader of the
Council, said: “It’s important that the public participate in the
scrutiny process so I would encourage them to give their views to
the Council on the areas being reviewed.”
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