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• Marion commented on 6 Oct 2010:

  The Scruting committees look at issues that are raised by Councillors or the public, such as how the wild boar are affecting the public, or what money we should be giving to voluntary groups. The Task Groups are set up to examine these things in greater detail and report back to the Scrutiny committee.

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• Di commented on 6 Oct 2010:

  I recently chaired an Advisory Services task group which looked at the provision of Advice in the forest of Dean. We were looking at joining a County Wide scheme but all partners could not agree so we stayed with the local provider-The Citizens Advice Bureau.

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• Andrew commented on 6 Oct 2010:

  Task Groups are usually set up by the standing committees such as Scutiny to investagate issues in greater depth and to take public input

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• Len commented on 6 Oct 2010:

  Hi fmiller, Geat question. Task groups or sometimes referred to as “Task and Finish” groups will look into areas of interest in detail. They have a task to investigate, set by one of the Scrutiny Committees [there are two, Corporate Scrutiny and Community Scrutiny]. They can take evidence from Officials of the Council, members of the public and other interested groups. The “Finish” part of the title means they must reach a conclusion and come to an end. The reasoning behind this proceedure is so the District Council can look at itself to make sure it is doing the job efficiently and well, that would be the responsibility of the Corporate Scrutiny Committee. Community Scrutiny groups would be interested what effects the public of the Forest of Dean

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