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Scrutiny
Overview and Scrutiny
Committee
The main role of the Overview and Scrutiny
Committee is to hold the Mayor to account, for example by
scrutinising the forward plan and key policy
documents.
Overview and Scrutiny appoints the Scrutiny Commissions
and is responsible for their overall management.
It has two main roles:
- To act as a check and balance on the Executive Mayor,
holding him to account for his decisions
- To review and help to develop Council policies to ensure that
they have a positive impact on the people of Newham
Scrutiny:
- Is undertaken by elected members of the Council (councillors)
who are supported by an independent Overview and Scrutiny Unit
which reports directly to Newham's Chief Executive
- Is one of the most important ways in which a non-executive
councillor can influence Council policy and champion his or her
constituents
- Is not limited to monitoring the Council; it can be applied to
any agency whose activities affects local people, including the
police, parts of the NHS or the fire authority
Contact:
Mr Satbinder Sanghera
Head of Overview and Scrutiny
Newham Town Hall
East Ham
London
E6 2RP
Tel: 020 8430 6338
Fax: 020 8430
2267
satbinder.sanghera@newham.gov.uk
Committee Membership:
Councillor Ted
Sparrowhawk (Chair)
Councillor Megan Harris (Deputy-Chair)
Councillor Akbar Chaudhary
Councillor Marie Collier
Councillor Kevin Jenkins
Councillor Abdul Karim Sheikh BEM
Councillor Winston Vaughan
Ms Ellen Kemp
Mr Steve Wilson |