Issue - decisions

(i)        to note that officers had provided assurances that there would be a degree of flexibility in terms of the timescales for the formal consultation period;

(ii)       to instruct the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services to determine whether trade unions had been notified of the timescales for formal consultation and that a response in this regard be circulated to members and trade union advisers; and

(iii)      to otherwise note the report.