Executive is the
Council’s ‘Cabinet’ rather than a committee of
the Council. The Executive is made up of 10 Councillors: the Leader
and two Deputy Leaders of the Council and 7 Executive Members with
responsibility for: Early Years, Children and Young People; Health
Manchester and Adult Social Care; Finance and Resources;
Environment and Transport; Vibrant Neighbourhoods; Housing and
Development; and Skills, Employment and Leisure. The Leader of the
Council chairs the meetings of the Executive
The Executive has full
authority for implementing the Council’s Budgetary and Policy
Framework, and this means that most of its decisions do not need
approval by Council, although they may still be subject to detailed
review through the Council’s overview and scrutiny
procedures.
It is the Council’s
policy to consult people as fully as possible before making
decisions that affect them. Members of the public do not have a
right to speak at meetings but may do so if invited by the
Chair.
The Council is concerned to
ensure that its meetings are as open as possible and confidential
business is kept to a strict minimum. When confidential items are
involved these are considered at the end of the meeting at which
point members of the public and the press are asked to
leave.
Furthermore, in accordance with
Part 2, Section 5 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements)
(Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012
notice is given of the intention to hold part of the meetings of
the Executive in private, with the press and the public excluded.
This will be to allow consideration of agenda items containing
confidential or ‘exempt information’ as provided for in
the Local Government Access to Information Act. The full list of
business will be published in the agenda about a week before the
meeting is to take place. If you wish to make representations about
the intention to hold part of a meeting in private please email
gssu@manchester.gov.uk or write to the address shown on any of
the Executive’s agenda papers.