The Cabinet Member for Enterprise, Development & Regeneration, Councillor Robert Francis-Davies, will be appearing before the Scrutiny Programme Committee on 13 April for a question and answer session. The committee welcome your ideas for questions. Councillor Francis-Davies’ portfolio of Enterprise, Development & Regeneration includes the […]
Do you have a question for Councillor Robert Francis-Davies, Cabinet Member for Enterprise, Development & Regeneration?
April 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Making scrutiny more user friendly
March 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
We have introduced a new publications page for scrutiny and we think it is a really neat way of making the process more open, transparent and accessible. You can find the page here. We now use this page to publish all scrutiny agenda packs, letters and reports and the responses that Cabinet provides back to […]
Scrutiny Dispatches – Making an Impact
March 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Scrutiny Dispatches is now a quarterly report about the impact made by scrutiny demonstrating how scrutiny is making a difference, with examples of specific outcomes and achievements. Here’s the latest round-up: 1. Making the most of Swansea’s potential as a destination for tourists (Lead: Councillor John Newbury) In January 2014 Cabinet […]
Do you have a question for Councillor David Hopkins, Cabinet Member for Housing & Communities?
March 4, 2015 by 2 Comments
The Cabinet Member for Housing & Communities, Councillor David Hopkins, will be appearing before the Scrutiny Programme Committee on 16 March for a question and answer session. The committee welcome your ideas for questions. Cllr David Hopkins Councillor Hopkins’ portfolio of Housing & Communities includes the following areas of responsibility: Community Cohesion; Armed Forces Champion; […]
Do you have a question for Councillor Will Evans, Cabinet Member for Anti Poverty?
March 4, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Cabinet Member for Anti Poverty, Councillor Will Evans, will be appearing before the Scrutiny Programme Committee on 16 March for a question and answer session. The committee welcome your ideas for questions. Cllr Will Evans Councillor Evans’ portfolio of Anti Poverty includes the following areas of responsibility: Poverty Strategy Communities First Welfare Rights 3rd […]
8 things we learnt from the Welsh Assembly about public engagement
February 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment
This post is a summary of some of the things we learnt from a good practice session with the Welsh Assembly. We hope it will be of value to other scrutineers looking at how to improve public engagement. About the session All of us in the Scrutiny Team along with Councillors Mary Jones and Paxton […]