Issue - meetings

Cabinet AGREED

(a)          To establish a time limited Advisory Group to review and report on the potential impacts of Brexit on South Cambridgeshire and to recommend actions to mitigate those impacts where relevant and appropriate.

(b)          An advisory group comprising  5 Liberal Democrats; 2 Conservative and 1 Labour or Independent Member be established, together with the Leader as an additional Member and that the Chief Executive, after consultation with the Leader, be authorised to appoint Members on the basis of nominations from Group Leaders.

(c)          To delegate responsibility for devising the terms of reference of the Advisory Group to the Group and that these be submitted back to the September Cabinet for ratification. 

(d)          To request that the Advisory Group consider the involvement of City Council Members.

(e)          That the Advisory Group operates on the basis of the procedures set out in Rule 4 of the Executive Procedure Rules.

Cabinet considered a report proposing the establishment of a cross-party Advisory Group to review and advise the Leader and Cabinet on the potential impact of Brexit on South Cambridgeshire.

Councillor John Williams asked whether local businesses would be involved in the Group’s deliberations. In reply, the Deputy Leader said that it would be for the Brexit Advisory Group to determine the scope of its work.

Councillor Sue Ellington noted the intention to involve Cambridge City Council and suggested that that Council might want to be represented proportionately to its own membership. In reply, the Deputy Leader said that, while this was unnecessary, every effort would be made to achieve a representative composition overall.

Cabinet agreed

(a)             To establish a time limited Advisory Group to review and report on the potential impacts of Brexit on South Cambridgeshire and to recommend actions to mitigate those impacts where relevant and appropriate.

(b)             An advisory group comprising five Liberal Democrats, two Conservative and one Labour or Independent Member be established, together with the Leader as an additional Member and that the Chief Executive, after consultation with the Leader, be authorised to appoint Members on the basis of nominations from Group Leaders.

(c)             To delegate responsibility for devising the terms of reference of the Advisory Group to the Group and that these be submitted back to the September Cabinet for ratification. 

(d)             To request that the Advisory Group consider the involvement of City Council Members.

(e)             That the Advisory Group operates on the basis of the procedures set out in Rule 4 of the Executive Procedure Rules.