“We found that scrutiny committees decide, in private meetings, which published Cabinet reports it will consider. These private meetings usually take place just before the scrutiny committee meeting, so any member of the public cannot not know in advance which of the published Cabinet reports or items will be further considered by scrutiny………the Council’s current scrutiny model means that it is very difficult for a member of the public, and in fact any member of the council outside of the scrutiny committee members, to know how to bring their views to the attention of the scrutiny committee”
