Local Authority committees in City and County Councils whose membership includes Elected Councillors, representatives of business, farming interests, environmental/conservation groups, trade unions and community and voluntary members. It is the task of the Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs),
as committees of the Council, to advise and assist the Council in the formulation, development and review of policy.
They have no role in routine operational matters about the delivery of services. The SPC system is intended to give Councillors and the SPC Representatives an opportunity for full involvement in the policy-making process from the early stages.