Decision details

1.     That consent be provided to the laying of the draft West Midlands Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2016 in Parliament, attached at appendix A of this report.

2.     That authority be delegated to the Leader of the Council, in consultation with the Managing Director to approve the outstanding areas of drafting agreement to namely the unanimous voting provision and the Mayoral WMCA development corporation provision, and drafting and minor amendments to the Order.

3.     That the Mayoral WMCA Scheme consultation summary, as submitted to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on 5 September 2016 be noted, the link was provided in paragraph 3.3 of this report.

4.     That it be noted the decision to approve the draft Order was referred from Council on the 9 November 2016, as the draft Order was not available for Council consideration at that time, due to areas requiring government response and approval.