Decision details

Following endorsement by Council, Cabinet:

(a)        Considered and ENDORSED the conclusions and outcome of the Governance Review (attached to the Council report at Appendix A) that the establishment of a Combined Authority with a Mayor for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area will improve the exercise of statutory functions in that area.

(b)        APPROVED the content of the Devolution Deal proposal (attached to the Council report at Appendix B) and formally confirmed that this replaces in its entirety the East Anglia Devolution Agreement signed in March 2016.

(c)        APPROVED the Governance Scheme (attached to the Council report at Appendix C) and requested the Chief Executive undertakes appropriate consultation on its content.

(d)        APPROVED the arrangements for public consultation on the Governance Scheme and authorised the Chief Executive in consultation with the Leader of the Council to provide the Secretary of State with a summary of the consultation responses in due course.

(e)        RESOLVED to convene a further meeting of Cabinet to take place in October 2016 to consider whether to give consent for the Secretary of State to bring forward such an Order to establish a Mayoral/Combined Authority covering the area of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

(f)        REQUESTS that the Civic Affairs Committee examines and makes recommendations on the methods for this Council to be able to scrutinise the decisions taken by the Combined Authority and the actions of the Council’s representative(s) on the Combined Authority