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Members of the council who do not serve on the cabinet are appointed to sit on Scrutiny Committees. These are responsible for the overview and scrutiny of the council's policy and decision making arrangements.

The Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPs) has identified four principles of good scrutiny:

• Provide a critical friendly challenge to cabinets as well as external authorities and agencies
• Reflect the voice and concerns of the public and its communities
• Take the lead and own the scrutiny process on behalf of the public
• Make an impact on the delivery of public services.

The overview and scrutiny arrangements are designed to complement and add value to the work of the cabinet and the authority's services. Scrutiny committees are not traditional committees in the way that they operate. Scrutiny committees may make recommendations, but they do not take cabinet decisions, implement recommendations or agree expenditure.

Overview and scrutiny in Knowsley

Overview and scrutiny is designed to moniter and review the delivery of services and the achievement of corporate priorities. In addition it focuses on policy review and developent, external scrutiny and holds the cabinet to account.

The scrutiny committees in Knowsley are as follows:

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