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How to, and how not to do overview and scrutiny

With councils required to establish overview and scrutiny committees, George Jones and John Stewart what more is required.

Now that councils are required to establish overview and scrutiny committees, suggest a discussion model or seminar rather than question-and-answer sessions, says George Jones and John Stewart.

Faced with the requirement to set up overview and scrutiny committees, many local authorities – even if some still hankered after the traditional committee system – looked at departmental select committees of the House of Commons as a model to be followed.

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