Decision details

Key Decision identified as Part B of the Final Commission and General Update in the Notice of Key Decisions published on 28 June 2019.

Councillor L D Carter, Cabinet Member for Finance, Commercial Services & the Borough Economy presented the report of the Commissioning Body, which addressed the inquiry design process, in conjunction with the reports submitted at minute number CAB-13 and CAB-15.

As at the date of the report, neither the Chair nor the Commissioning Body had received any documentation that may be relevant to the Inquiry. That was not necessarily unexpected given that the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference had yet to be finalised. The Chair and the Commissioning Body also have a limited understanding as to how many witnesses might have relevant evidence to provide, and be willing to engage with its work. As a result, the scale of the work that faced the Inquiry remained unknown. Designing an inquiry process with a fixed timetable was, therefore, challenging.  It was also acknowledge that unexpected issues might arise in the course of the Inquiry which could impact any timescale. The process had, therefore, been designed with a degree of flexibility and was set out at Annex 1 to the report.

RESOLVED that the inquiry process, which forms part of the Final Commission, Part B, as proposed by the Chair and the Commissioning Body and set out in Annex 1 to the report, be noted.