The
Overview and Scrutiny Committee is the Council's main scrutiny
committee. It is responsible for co-ordinating and managing the
work programme of scrutiny, identifying areas of need or issues of
concern and ensuring that there is effective and timely scrutiny of
Council policy, budget and authority-wide performance. Its role
also includes holding the Executive to account. The Overview and
Scrutiny Committee may delegate some of its function to one of the
other standing panels and appoints a Chair for each panel from
amongst its membership. It agrees the membership of scrutiny panels
and sets up new ones as required.
For
more information contact scrutiny@hounslow.gov.uk