(time limit 30 minutes)
Motion 1
Councillor Heffernan to MOVE and Councillor Harkness to SECOND:
Keeping Our Villages and Rural Areas HGV Free
Council notes that:
· HGVs and large vehicles can bring small villages and rural areas to a standstill when these vehicles are too large to navigate smaller roads.
· This has happened most recently on April 26 in Delph when a large articulated lorry blocked the junction of Grains Road and King Street bringing chaos to the village for four hours.
· These situations often occur because drivers of these vehicles chose to ignore displayed weight or width restrictions or fail to use a satnav system specifically designed for lorries.
· The Police do not always have the resources to enforce these restrictions, yet Councils outside London and Wales are currently prevented from doing so because the Government has failed to bring Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 into force for Councils in the rest of England.
· Lorry satnavs are like normal car satnavs, but they include bridge heights, narrow roads, and roads unsuitable for trucks. In addition, they allow the driver to enter the lorry’s dimensions – height, width, weight and load – so they are only guided along suitable roads. Their cost is slightly more than that of a standard car sat-nav.
Council further notes that, in several parts of England, Lorry Watch schemes have been established. These are run by local residents who record instances of vehicles flouting weight and width restrictions, and report them to a Parish Council Coordinator, the Police or their Council Trading Standards Department.
This Council:
· Supports the position of the cross-party Local Government Association that the Government should bring Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 into force for all relevant English councils with immediate effect and legislate so all HGVs and large vehicles are required to install suitable satnavs designed for lorries and large vehicles.
· Believes that establishing Lorry Watch Schemes in various parts of the Borough is worthy of consideration.
Council resolves to:
· Ask the Chief Executive to write to the Secretary of State for Transport requesting the Government bring Part 6 of the 2004 Traffic Management Act into force and legislate to make the use of suitable satnavs for HGVs and other large vehicles mandatory.
· Ask the Chief Executive to seek the support of our three local MPs and the Mayor of Greater Manchester for this position.
· Ask the Overview and Scrutiny Board to examine the merits and practicalities of establishing a Lorry Watch scheme in various parts of the Borough, in conjunction with the District Executives, the Parish Councils, residents’ associations, and the Police.
Motion 2
Councillor Williamson to MOVE and Councillor Gloster to SECOND:
Period Poverty
This Council notes that:
· A survey by Plan International UK found that 1 in 10 teenage girls had been unable to afford sanitary products;
· 56% of teenage girls said they would rather be bullied at school than talk to their parents about periods;
· This is particularly problematic for girls from low-income families who see their parents struggling to make ends meet and feel reluctant to ask them to add sanitary products to the weekly shop;
· In many cases, as a result, they may lose a significant number of days of schooling;
· Regrettably, even women in low-income employment are sometimes unable to afford such products when struggling to meet household bills and feed their families;
· Ironically only female prisoners have a statutory right to access free sanitary products.
Council believes in a country as well-off as Britain ‘Period Poverty’ is a scandal that should be ended.
Council commends:
· The Scottish Government for its commitment to tackle ‘Period Poverty’ by introducing free sanitary products in all educational establishments, and notes that Scotland was one of the first countries to pilot a scheme to young women and girls in need in Aberdeen;
· The project recently established by the 21st Oldham Friezland Rangers and the charity Red Box whereby members of the public can donate sanitary products in branded boxes located in prominent places for re-distribution to students in need attending our local schools and colleges.
Council resolves to:
· Ask the Overview and Scrutiny Board and Health and Well-being Board, working with relevant Cabinet Members, officers and partners, to explore with local secondary schools and colleges how sanitary products can be made available free to students in their establishments;
· Ask the Chief Executive to write to the Secretary of State for Education and Chancellor asking the Government to scrap the VAT levied on female hygiene products as soon as is practicable and in the meantime to use the VAT collected on these products to fund the provision of free sanitary products for girls and women in need.
Motion 3
Councillor Turner to MOVE and Councillor C Gloster to SECOND:
Fur Free Markets
This Council notes that:
Accordingly Council resolves to:
Ø Prohibit the sale of any product wholly or partially made with real animal fur on Council owned land and at Council run or Council leased markets. This ban to cover such items as fur coats, vintage fur, fur shawls, garments with fur trim, fur pompom hats, and fur accessories and trinkets.
Ø Support the Fur Free Markets campaign of the animal welfare charity, Respect for Animals, the UK’s leading anti-fur organisation, by:
Ø Becoming a signatory to the initiative.
Ø Seeking the advice and assistance of the charity in the enforcement of this ban.
Minutes:
Motion 1 – Keeping Our Villages and Rural Areas HGV Free
Councillor Heffernan MOVED and Councillor Harkness SECONDED the following MOTION:
“Council notes that:
· HGVs and large vehicles can bring small villages and rural areas to a standstill when these vehicles are too large to navigate smaller roads.
· This has happened most recently on April 26 in Delph when a large articulated lorry blocked the junction of Grains Road and King Street bringing chaos to the village for four hours.
· These situations often occur because drivers of these vehicles chose to ignore displayed weight or width restrictions or fail to use a satnav system specifically designed for lorries.
· The Police do not always have the resources to enforce these restrictions, yet Councils outside London and Wales are currently prevented from doing so because the Government has failed to bring Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 into force for Councils in the rest of England.
· Lorry satnavs are like normal car satnavs, but they include bridge heights, narrow roads, and roads unsuitable for trucks. In addition, they allow the driver to enter the lorry’s dimensions – height, width, weight and load – so they are only guided along suitable roads. Their cost is slightly more than that of a standard car sat-nav.
Council further notes that, in several parts of England, Lorry Watch schemes have been established. These are run by local residents who record instances of vehicles flouting weight and width restrictions, and report them to a Parish Council Coordinator, the Police or their Council Trading Standards Department.
This Council:
· Supports the position of the cross-party Local Government Association that the Government bring Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 into force for all relevant English councils with immediate effect and legislate so all HGVs and large vehicles are required to install suitable satnavs designed for lorries and large vehicles.
· Believes that establishing Lorry Watch Schemes in various parts of the Borough is worthy of consideration.
Council resolves to:
· Ask the Chief Executive to write to the Secretary of State for Transport requesting the Government bring Part 6 of the 2004 Traffic Management Act into force and legislate to make the use of suitable satnavs for HGVs and other large vehicles mandatory.
· Ask the Chief Executive to seek the support of our three local MPs and the Mayor of Greater Manchester for this position.
· Ask the Overview and Scrutiny board to examine the merits and practicalities of establishing a Lorry Watch scheme in various parts of the Borough, in conjunction with the District Executives, the Parish Councils, residents’ associations, and the Police.”
Councillor A. Alexander spoke in support of the Motion.
Councillor Hudson spoke in support of the Motion.
Councillor Roberts MOVED and Councillor Jabbar SECONDED that the motion be put to the VOTE. The MOVE to the VOTE was AGREED.
Councillor Heffernan exercised his right of reply.
On being put to the vote, the MOTION was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
RESOLVED that:
1. The Chief Executive be asked to write to the Secretary of Transport requesting the Government bring Part 6 of the 2004 Traffic Management Act into force and legislate to make the use of suitable satnavs for HGVs and other large vehicles mandatory.
2. The Chief Executive be asked to seek the support of the three local MPs and the Mayor of Greater Manchester for this position.
3. The Overview and Scrutiny Board be asked to examine the merits and practicalities of establishing a Lorry Watch Scheme in various parts of the Borough, in conjunction with the District Executives, the Parish Councils, residents’ associations and the Police.
Motion 2 – Period Poverty
Councillor Williamson MOVED and Councillor H. Gloster SECONDED the following MOTION:
“This Council notes that:
· A survey by Plan International UK found that 1 in 10 teenage girls had been unable to afford sanitary products;
· 56% of teenage girls and they would rather be bullied at school then talk to their parents about periods;
· This is particularly problematic for girls from low-income families who see their parents struggling to make ends meet and feel reluctant to ask them to add sanitary products to the weekly shop;
· In many cases, as a result, they may lose a significant number of days of schooling;
· Regrettably, even women in low-income employment are sometimes unable to afford such products when struggling to meet household bills and feed their families;
· Ironically only female prisoners have a statutory right to access free sanitary products.
Council believes in a country as well-off as Britain ‘Period Poverty’ is a scandal that should be ended.
Council commends:
· The Scottish Government for its commitment to tackle ‘Period Poverty’ by introducing free sanitary products in all educational establishments, and notes that Scotland was one of the first countries to pilot a scheme to young women and girls in need in Aberdeen.
· The project recently established by the 21st Oldham Friezland Rangers and the charity Red Box whereby members of the public can donate sanitary products in branded boxes located in prominent places for re-distribution to students in need attending our local schools and colleges.
Council resolves to:
· Ask the Overview and Scrutiny Board and Health and Well-being Board, working with relevant Cabinet Members, officers and partners, to explore with local secondary schools and colleges how sanitary products can be made available free to students in their establishments.
· Ask the Chief Executive to write to the Secretary of State for Education and Chancellor asking the Government to scrap the VAT levied on female hygiene products as soon as is practicable and in the meantime to use the VAT collected on these products to fund the provision of free sanitary products for girls and women in need.”
AMENDMENT
Councillor Shah MOVED and Councillor Harrison SECONDED the following AMENDMENT:
After Council commends: delete bullet point 1.
After Council resolves: delete bullet point 1.
Insert new bullet point 1:
“Ask the Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods to write to District Co-ordinators instructing them to investigate ways of expanding the Red Box scheme across Oldham.”
The amended motion would read as follows:
“This Council notes that:
· A survey by Plan International UK found that 1 in 10 teenage girls had been unable to afford sanitary products;
· 56% of teenage girls and they would rather be bullied at school then talk to their parents about periods;
· This is particularly problematic for girls from low-income families who see their parents struggling to make ends meet and feel reluctant to ask them to add sanitary products to the weekly shop;
· In many cases, as a result, they may lose a significant number of days of schooling;
· Regrettably, even women in low-income employment are sometimes unable to afford such products when struggling to meet household bills and feed their families;
· Ironically only female prisoners have a statutory right to access free sanitary products.
Council believes in a country as well-off as Britain ‘Period Poverty’ is a scandal that should be ended.
Council commends:
· The project recently established by the 21st Oldham Friezland Rangers and the charity Red Box whereby members of the public can donate sanitary products in branded boxes located in prominent places for re-distribution to students in need attending our local schools and colleges.
Council resolves to:
· Ask the Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods to write to District Co-ordinators instructing them to investigate ways of expanding the Red Box scheme across Oldham.
· Ask the Chief Executive to write to the Secretary of State for Education and Chancellor asking the Government to scrap the VAT levied on female hygiene products as soon as is practicable and in the meantime to use the VAT collected on these products to fund the provision of free sanitary products for girls and women in need.”
Councillor Williamson ACCEPTED the AMENDMENT.
Councillor Williamson exercised her right of reply.
Councillor Shah exercised her right of reply.
A vote was then taken on the AMENDMENT.
On being put to the vote, the AMENDMENT was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
On being put to the vote, the SUBSTANTIVE MOTION was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
RESOLVED that:
1. The Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods be asked to write to the District Co-ordinators instructing them to investigate ways of expanding the Red Box scheme across Oldham.
2. The Chief Executive be asked to write to the Secretary of State for Education and Chancellor asking the Government to scrap the VAT levied on female hygiene products as soon as is practicable and in the meantime to use the VAT collected on these products to fund the provision of free sanitary products for girls and women in need.
Motion 3 - Fur Free Markets
Councillor Turner MOVED and Councillor C. Gloster SECONDED the following MOTION:
“The Council notes that:
· The United Kingdom has outlawed the farming of animals for their fur on ethical grounds since 2000 and that the use of one of the most common traps used to catch animals for their fur has been illegal for many years.
· Nonetheless fur products are imported from overseas nations, particularly China, where such bans do not operate and where there is virtually no animal welfare legislation in force.
· Real fur comes from animals raised in deplorable conditions or trapped in the wild and killed inhumanely.
· Regrettably these products are found for sale on public markets in the UK and customers can inadvertently buy them thinking them to be made of imitation fur.
Accordlingly Council resolves to:
· Prohibit the sale of any product wholly or partially made with real animal fur on Council owned land and at Council run or Council leased markets. This ban to cover such items as fur coats, vintage fur, fur shawls, garments with fur trim, fur pompom hats, and fur accessories and trinkets.
· Support the Fur Free Markets campaign of the animal welfare charity, Respect for Animals, the UK’s leading anti-fur organisation, by:
o Becoming a signatory to the initiative.
o Seeking the advice and assistance of the charity in the enforcement of this ban.”
Councillor Sykes MOVED and Councillor C. Gloster SECONDED the MOTION be put to a RECORDED VOTE.
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Councillor |
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Councillor |
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Ahmad |
FOR |
Hussain, A. |
ABSENT |
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Akhtar |
ABSENT |
Hussain, F. |
FOR |
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Alexander, A. |
FOR |
Jabbar |
FOR |
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Alexander, G. |
FOR |
Jacques |
FOR |
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Ali |
FOR |
Judd |
FOR |
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Azad |
FOR |
Larkin |
ABSENT |
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Ball |
ABSENT |
Leach |
FOR |
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Bashforth, M. |
FOR |
Malik |
FOR |
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Bashforth, S. |
ABSENT |
McLaren |
FOR |
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Briggs |
FOR |
Moores |
FOR |
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Brock |
ABSENT |
Murphy |
FOR |
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Brownridge |
FOR |
Mushtaq |
FOR |
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Byrne |
AGAINST |
Phythian |
FOR |
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Chadderton |
FOR |
Price |
FOR |
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Chauhan |
FOR |
Qumer |
FOR |
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Cosgrove |
FOR |
Rehman |
FOR |
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Curley |
FOR |
Roberts |
FOR |
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Davis |
FOR |
Salamat |
FOR |
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Dean |
FOR |
Shah |
FOR |
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Fielding |
FOR |
Sheldon |
FOR |
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Garry |
FOR |
Shuttleworth |
FOR |
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Gloster, C. |
FOR |
Stretton |
FOR |
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Gloster, H. |
FOR |
Sykes |
FOR |
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Goodwin |
FOR |
Taylor |
FOR |
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Haque |
FOR |
Toor |
FOR |
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Harkness |
FOR |
Turner |
FOR |
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Harrison |
FOR |
Ur-Rehman |
FOR |
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Heffernan |
FOR |
Williams |
FOR |
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Hewitt |
FOR |
Williamson |
FOR |
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Hudson |
FOR |
Iqbal |
FOR |
Councillor Turner did not exercise her right of reply.
On being put to the vote, 53 votes were cast in FAVOUR of the MOTION and 1 vote was cast AGAINST with 0 ABSTENTIONS. The MOTION was therefore CARRIED.
RESOLVED that:
1. The sale of any product wholly or partially made with real animal fur be prohibited on Council owned land and at Council run or Council leased markets. This ban to covers such items as fur coats, vintage fur, fur shawls, garments with fur trim, fur pompom hats and fur accessories and trinkets.
2. The Fur Free Markets campaign of the animal welfare charity, Respect for Animals, the UK’s leading anti-fur organisation, be supported by:
· Becoming a signatory to the initiative.
· Seeking the advice and assistance of the charity in the enforcement of this ban.