To respond to general scrutiny committee recommendations following the call in of the decision to make changes to the free charity shop waste disposal service.

The decision to amend the policy on charity shop waste disposal was called in in accordance with the scrutiny procedure rules, and considered by the General Scrutiny Committee on 1 December 2017.

The committee came to the view that the decision had been taken on insufficient evidence, that not all relevant matters had been taken into consideration and that the decision taken was disproportionate to the desired outcome. The committee referred the matter back to the cabinet member requesting that he reconsider the decision having regard to the specific factors set out in paragraph 4 of the report below.