Issue - meetings

(i)       in relation to a question from Councillor Townson regarding training for staff, to note that the Service Manager for Legal Services would determine how the training was recorded in staff records and would provide a response to Committee;

(ii)      in relation to questions from members regarding the future reporting arrangements, to instruct the Team Leader, Governance to provide a report each quarter to provide assurance to the Committee all activity was being monitored appropriately; and

(iii)      to otherwise note the content of the report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer Governance which advised that it was a requirement under paragraph 3.29 of the Scottish Government’s Code of Practice for Covert Surveillance and Property interference that elected members review the authority’s use of covert surveillance on a quarterly basis to ensure that it was being used consistently with the local authority’s policy and that the policy remained fit for purpose.

The report recommended:

That the Committee note the update within the report.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       in relation to a question from Councillor Townson regarding training for staff, to note that the Service Manager for Legal Services would determine how the training was recorded in staff records and would provide a response to Committee;

(ii)      in relation to questions from members regarding the future reporting arrangements, to instruct the Team Leader, Governance to provide a report each quarter to provide assurance to the Committee all activity was being monitored appropriately; and

(iii)      to otherwise approve the recommendation contained in the report.