Committee Information
Membership
All 52 Non-Executive Members of the County Council (except the Chairman of the County Council), together with 2 Church representatives and 3 Parent Governor representatives and up to 6 non-voting Co-optees are members of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
Member Details (2007/2008)
Chairman, Councillor Joe Armstrong
Vice-Chairman, Councillor Paul Stradling
Councillors
Barker, Bell, Bowman, Burlison, C Carr, R Carr, Chaplow, Chapman, Coates, Cordon, Davies, Douthwaite, Ebbatson, Fergus, Forster, E Foster, N C Foster, Freeman, Graham, Gray, Henderson, Holroyd, Iveson, Knox, Maddison, Magee, Manton, Martin, Marshall, Mason, Meir, Morgan, O’Donnell, Ord, Porter, Priestley, Pye, Robinson, Rodgers, Shuttleworth, Simmons, Southwell, Stelling, Tennant, Trippett, Wade, Walker, Williams, Wright and Young.
Find out more about the Councillors.
Church Representatives
Reverend Sheila Bamber, Margaret Sands and Nils Chittenden.
Parent Governor Representatives
Email Mrs A Tallentire
Susan Mcdonnell
The role of a parent governor representative is to represent the views, not just of parent governors, but of all parents in the County. We try to act on behalf of parents and put forward their point of view on issues which arise at the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and the Scrutiny Sub-Committee for the Development of Lifelong Learning. To email any of the parent governor representatives, please click on the relevant name(s) above.
Find out more about becoming a school governor in County Durham.
Co-optees
Councillor O Brown (District Councils), Councillor T Batson (Town and Parish Councils), Rev. Andrew Letby (TUC), Ms L Bailey (Learning and Skills Council) and Joanne Laverick (Durham Rural Community Council).
Remit of the Committee
- To oversee and co-ordinate the work of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and its Sub-Committees;
- To receive reports from the Scrutiny Sub-Committees;
- Establishment of appropriate liaison with the Cabinet in the interests of achieving common aims and continuous improvement for the Council;
- To encourage appropriate community involvement in the Overview and Scrutiny process
- To prepare an annual report to the Council on the work of Overview and Scrutiny
- To exercise responsibility for the budget allocated to the Overview and Scrutiny function.
Calendar of Meetings
| Date | Time | Venue |
| 21 January 2008 | 10.00 a.m. | County Hall, Durham |
| 11 February 2008 | 10.00am | County Hall, Durham |
Papers for Meetings of the Committee
View reports and papers for previous meetings of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee or iew reports and papers for forthcoming meetings of the County Council (including the Overview and Scrutiny Committee). Papers are normally available 4 - 5 working days before each meeting on the Forthcoming Papers section of the County Council website.
Completed Projects and Reviews
| Details of Project or Review* | Date of Report | View Document |
| Unauthorised Encampment at Belmont (Project) | July 2003 | Unauthorised Encampment: Belmont Report |
| Unauthorised Encampment at Belmont (Review) | April 2004 | Unauthorised Encampments Review Report |
