i) Endorses the conclusions and the outcome of the Governance Review, (attached at Appendix A of the Officer’s report), that the establishment of a Combined Authority with a Mayor for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area would be likely to improve the exercise of statutory functions in that area;
ii) Approves the content of the Devolution Deal proposal, (attached at Appendix C of the Officer’s report), and to formally confirm that this replaces in its entirety the East Anglia Devolution Agreement signed in March 2016;
iii) Approves the draft Governance Scheme, (attached at Appendix B of the Officer’s report), and authorise the Managing Director to make any necessary or consequential amendments in order to issue the Scheme for appropriate consultation to be undertaken on its content;
iv) Approves the arrangements for public consultation on the Governance Scheme and authorise the Managing Director in consultation with the Leader of Council to provide the Secretary of State with a summary of the consultation responses in due course; and
v) Resolves to convene a further meeting of the Cabinet to take place in October 2016 to consider whether to give consent for the Secretary of State to bring forward such an Order establishing a Combined Authority with a Mayor covering that area of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.