Committee details
Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Purpose of committee
The Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC) is a vital part of the Mayoral Combined Authority’s (MCA) decision-making process.
The Committee hold the MCA to account and ensure that all aspects of the decision-making process are transparent, inclusive and fair. The Committee are responsible for checking that the MCA is delivering its objectives and that the decisions made in policies, strategies and plans have been made in the best interests of the residents and workers of South Yorkshire.
Overview and Scrutiny Committee meetings are open to the public and are webcast.
Members of the public can submit a question to the committee in advance of the meeting.
Referral of matters to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Any member of one of the Constituent Councils may refer an issue or question to the MCA’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
Elected Members are asked to contact SYMCAMeetings@southyorkshire-ca.gov.ukwith any request for referring an issue to the Overview & Scrutiny Committee.
We have an archive of papers for this committee for meetings which took place before 31 March 2019, please click on the Archive link in the navigation menu.
An Overview & Scrutiny Call-In Procedure is outlined in Part 4D of the MCA Constitution.
Membership
- Councillor Tim Huggan (Chair) Liberal Democrats Sheffield City Council
- Councillor Brian Steele (Vice-Chair) Labour Rotherham MBC
- Councillor Joshua Bacon Conservative Rotherham MBC
- Councillor Douglas Johnson Green Party Sheffield City Council
- Councillor Jane Kidd Labour City of Doncaster Council
- Councillor Hannah Kitching Liberal Democrats Barnsley MBC
- Councillor Zahira Naz Labour Sheffield City Council
- Councillor Laura Moynahan Labour Sheffield City Council
- Councillor Andrea Robinson Labour City of Doncaster Council
- Councillor Mick Stowe Labour Barnsley MBC
- Councillor David Barker (Reserve) Sheffield City Council
- Councillor Tim Baum-Dixon (Reserve) Rotherham MBC
- Councillor Christine Gilligan Kubo (Reserve) Sheffield City Council
- Councillor Steve Hunt (Reserve) Barnsley MBC
- Councillor Laura McClean (Reserve) Sheffield City Council
- Councillor Paul Murray (Reserve) Barnsley MBC
- Councillor David Nevett (Reserve) City of Doncaster Council
- Councillor Cameron McKiernan (Reserve) Rotherham MBC
- Councillor Joe Otten (Reserve) Sheffield City Council
- Councillor Ian Pearson (Reserve) City of Doncaster Council
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