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.
The traditional layout of a committee room, as used by select committees in the House of Commons.
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