Council will establish a number of Committees, Sub-Committees, Boards and Panels with delegated powers and/or responsibility for various functions of the Council including to discharge the functions described in the “Responsibility for Functions” information also in Part C Chapter 13. (These Committees can be seen in the Structure Chart in Section 3 of the Constitution.)

The following Committees have been established at this time (note – where a Committee of the Council has a permanent Sub-Committee which meets regularly, this is also set out below underneath its parent committee):

• Audit Committee

• General Purposes Committee

• Human Resources Committee

  • Appointment Sub-Committee

  • Employee Appeals Sub-Committee

• Licensing Committee

  • Licensing Sub-Committee

• Licensing Regulatory Committee

• Overview and Scrutiny Committee [see note]

  • Children and Education Scrutiny Sub-Committee [see note]

  • Health and Adults Scrutiny Sub-Committee [see note]

  • Housing and Regeneration Scrutiny Sub-Committee

• Pensions Committee

• Standards Advisory Committee

• Strategic Development Committee & Development Committee

• Tower Hamlets Health and Wellbeing Board

NOTE - Information about the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Scrutiny Sub-Committees is set out in Part G Overview and Scrutiny

NB In the absence of any express statutory or Constitutional prohibition to the contrary, all Council bodies listed above may establish Sub-Committees pursuant to section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 and/or may make specific delegations to officers.

This Part of the Constitution sets out more details for these Committees including General Committee Procedure Rules, Terms of References and any related committee-specific procedure.