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Notices of Motion
Where a motion concerns an executive function, nothing passed can be actioned until approved by the Executive or an officer with the relevant delegated power.
Motion 1 – Universal Basic Income
Motion 2 – Making Misogyny a Hate Crime
Motion 3 – Reducing School Exclusions
Motion 4 – Opposing the Government’s Planning Reforms
Motion 5 – Motion in support of Islington Council’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Minutes:
Motion 1: Universal Basic Income
The Mayor advised that a proposed amendment had been circulated in the second despatch of papers.
Councillor Russell moved the motion. Councillor Watts moved the amendment. Councillor Russell exercised her right of reply.
The amendment was put to the vote and CARRIED.
The motion as amended was put to the vote and CARRIED.
RESOLVED.
i. To write to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Chancellor of the Exchequer calling for a fully evaluated and fully-funded trial of basic income in our borough, as a result of the effects of the Covid pandemic
ii. To lobby Government for research and possible investment into a programme of Universal Basic Services for local people, including housing, transport, childcare and adult social care;
iii. To continue rolling out the Council’s joint campaign with the TUC encouraging local people to join a union, as to increase their bargaining power at work and secure better pay and conditions;
iv.
To call for increased research and
analysis of the effects of UBI on wages, union membership and
bargaining power, and protected characteristics;
v. To work with other local authorities to help test UBI in London;
vi. To lobby Central Government to maintain the £20 per week uplift in Universal Credit that many local people rely on.
Motion 2: Making misogyny a hate crime
Councillor Clarke-Perry moved the motion. Councillor Williamson seconded. Councillors Russell and Woodbyrne contributed to the debate.
The motion was put to the vote and CARRIED.
RESOLVED:
i.
To make a
submission to the Law Commission’s Consultation at the
earliest opportunity in favour of strengthening hate crime
legislation and making misogyny a hate crime;
ii.
To call on
the Government to listen to the lived experience of women and girls
across our country and to urgently act on any recommendations the
commission makes to strengthen the law on hate crime, and to reform
legislation around harassment to recognise as hate crime that which
targets women and girls in their community;
iii.
To call on
the Government to provide the resource and funding for police
forces across the UK to effectively tackle harassment, misogyny and
domestic abuse;
iv. To call on the police force in Islington to record harassment of women as a hate crime, following successful trials in Nottingham and elsewhere.
Motion 3: Reducing School Exclusions
Councillor Comer-Schwartz moved the motion. Councillor Cutler seconded. Councillors Russell and Hull contributed to the debate.
The motions was put to the vote and CARRIED.
RESOLVED:
i. To campaign for education policy development in support of:
o More funding for schools, to adequately address the needs of all children;
o The promotion of approaches to behaviour management that are trauma informed, humane and respect the rights of the child;
o The overhaul of official exclusion practice and outlaw unofficial practice (known as Off Rolling);
o
Exclusion
being used only as a very last resort, if all else fails;
ii.
To work with local
schools on approaches to behaviour
management that are trauma informed, humane and respect the rights
of the child;
iii.
To work with schools,
voluntary sector, health practitioners and police to provide
long-term diversionary pathways away from exclusions;
iv.
To continue the work
initiated by the Children’s Services Scrutiny Committee to
implement recommendations to help our schools to prevent exclusions
and support young people at risk of exclusion;
v. To lobby for national policy changes that would support children to remain in mainstream education.
Motion 4: Opposing the Government’s planning reforms
Councillor Klute moved the motion. Councillor Khondoker seconded. Councillors Russell and Graham contributed to the debate. Councillor Klute exercised his right of reply.
The motions was put to the vote and CARRIED.
RESOLVED:
i. Write to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government expressing our significant and valid objections to the Government’s proposals as set out in the Council’s comprehensive formal response to the proposals, and seeking a meeting to discuss this as a matter of urgency.
ii. Work with local developers to maintain the current supply of genuinely affordable and Council Rent homes built in Islington
iii. Continue building much needed, Council-led genuinely affordable and council homes for local people.
Motion 5: Motion in support of Islington’s Council’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
The Mayor advised that a proposed amendment had been circulated in the second despatch of papers.
Councillor Russell moved the motion. Councillor Champion moved the amendment.
The amendment was put to the vote and CARRIED.
The motion as amended was put to the vote and CARRIED.
RESOLVED:
- To seek opportunities to make streets as accessible as possible
with well-maintained pavements, dropped kerbs and tactile paving in
the right places;
- To seek funding from TfL for main road mitigation measures like
new pedestrian crossings, pavement widening, greening, new seating
and protected cycle routes;
- To work with local people to amend and improve the
People-Friendly Streets measures where appropriate;
- To continue to create people friendly streets across the borough.
Supporting documents:
- Motions to Council 10 December 2020, item 124. PDF 110 KB
- Proposed Amendments to Motions - 10 December 2020, item 124. PDF 117 KB