Councillor Call for Action
Councillors already have the opportunity to put forward
suggestions for issues that they would like the scrutiny committees
of the Council to look into. However recent legislation has sought
to raise the profile of this ability by introducing a Councillor
Call for Action.
It allows a Councillor to raise an issue in
their ward with the scrutiny committees – there are conditions
placed on the kinds of issues that can be raised – and for the
committee to formally consider the request and report back their
views to the Councillor concerned.
The new legislation also introduces the
opportunity for a District Councillor to request that a County
scrutiny committee considers an issue and vice versa. In all
instances, however, the intention is that the Councillor will have
tried all other means at their disposal to resolve an issue before
raising a Councillor Call for Action.
More detailed guidance, which has been jointly
developed in Cumbria, can be found below. There is also a
Councillor Call for Action
request form which Councillors can use to submit a Call
for Action which can also be found below.
For further information about scrutiny at
Allerdale Borough Council, please visit the Overview and Scrutiny pages and for further
details of scrutiny across Cumbria, please see appendix 2 below.