Agenda item

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: Good, well-paid jobs for local people

·       Motion 2: Stop the Government making local people pay for the pandemic

·       Motion 3: Rename the Ring Cross estate after Yvonne Connolly, the first Black female Headteacher in Britain

·       Motion 4: Affirmation of membership of Stonewall’s  Diversity Champion scheme

·       Motion 5: A cleaner, greener, healthier Islington

·       Motion 6: Repeal Islington Council’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

·       Motion 7: Pause and review the Edmonton incinerator project

The order of motions was amended to take those with proposed amendments first.

 

Motion 3: Rename the Ring Cross Estate after Yvonne Conolly, the first Black female Headteacher in Britain
(title amended to ‘Celebrating Yvonne Conolly, the first Black woman Headteacher in Britain’)

 

The Mayor advised that a proposed amendment to this motion has been circulated in the second despatch of papers.

 

Councillor Ismail moved the motion. Councillor Jackson moved the amendment. Councillor Russell contributed to the debate.

 

Councillor Ismail exercised her right of reply on the motion. Councillor Jackson exercised his right of reply on the amendment.

 

The amendment was put to the vote and CARRIED.

 

The motion as amended was put to the vote and CARRIED.

 

RESOLVED:

 

i.        To Rename Ring Cross Community Centre after Yvonne Connolly to mark her achievement, the first Black woman Headteacher in Britain, as a sign to encourage black youth to learn and understand their proud history.

 

ii.        To install a plaque to commemorate Yvonne Connolly’s contribution to Holloway Ward and Islington.

 

iii.        To Collaborate with Caribbean Teachers Association annually exhibition and workshop of her work and achievement in Islington History Museum so it encourages Black Youth in Islington/UK and families too.

 

iv.        To support the innovative work which has been carried out by the Runnymede Trust, the Black Curriculum and others to engage young people and teachers with more expansive, representative and inclusive histories of Britain,  to overhaul the curriculum to better educate about the United Kingdom’s role in slavery, and to support calls from the National Education Union to ‘review the curriculum to ensure it embraces the fact that Britain is rooted in Black and global history, achievement and culture and includes the achievements of Black Britons; as recommended by the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry.

 

Motion 7: Pause and Review the Edmonton Incinerator Project 

(title amended to ‘A green solution for Islington’s waste’)

 

The Mayor advised that a proposed amendment to this motion has been circulated in the second despatch of papers.

 

Councillor Russell moved the motion. Councillor Champion moved the amendment. Councillor Heather contributed to the debate.

 

Councillor Russell exercised her right of reply on the motion. Councillor Champion exercised her right of reply on the amendment.

 

The amendment was put to the vote and CARRIED.

 

The motion as amended was put to the vote and CARRIED.

 

RESOLVED:

 

i.        To continue to work with the NLWA and Labour Mayor of London to produce an EfW facility which maintains the highest possible environmental standards, produce as much renewable energy as possible and contribute to higher rates of recycling.

ii.        To continue to work with residents, businesses and organisations in Islington to reduce waste, increase recycling and move towards a circular economy in line with the Council’s commitments to net zero and waste reduction.

iii.        To work with the NLWA in a transparent and accountable way to include the regular updating of the Council Environment and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee by NLWA officers.

 

Motion 1: Good, well paid jobs for local people

 

The motion was moved by Councillor Heather in the absence of Councillor Shaikh.

 

The motion was put to the vote and CARRIED.

 

RESOLVED:

 

i.        To continue supporting local people into good, well-paid work through innovative measures such as targeting in-need sectors such as health and social care

 

ii.        To work with local schools and colleges to reduce the number of young people who are not in education, training or employment

 

iii.        To keep working with local businesses to encourage them to the pay the real Living Wage to their workers, making Islington a fairer and more equal place for all

 

iv.        Work with trade unions to develop community campaigns to challenge insecurities in the labour market, improve union membership and tackle the exploitative nature of the gig economy

 

Motion 2: Stop the Government making local people pay for the pandemic

 

Councillor Picknell moved the motion. Councillor Chowdhury seconded.

 

The motion was put to the vote and CARRIED.

 

RESOLVED:

 

i.        To call on Central Government to provide sustained, adequate and fairly distributed funding to public services, including councils, and not impose further austerity.

 

ii.        To work with LGA Labour on the ‘Stop the Squeeze’ campaign, seeking to stop Central Government increasing Council Tax and putting the burden on local people.

 

iii.        To continue supporting local people with the cost of living crisis through targeted support to those most in-need.

 

 

Motion 5: A cleaner, greener, healthier Islington

 

Councillor Champion moved the motion. Councillor Gantly seconded.

 

The motion was put to the vote and CARRIED.

 

RESOLVED:

 

i.        To continue to work locally, and in partnership with London councils and City Hall to tackle the climate emergency, reaching net zero carbon by 2030.

 

ii.        To write to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, calling for the Government to match Islington’s ambition with real funding for climate resilience, conversion to heat pumps, decarbonisation of the transport network, and subsidies to support further local energy generation and storage.

 

iii.        To build on the success of our climate festival, launching a new climate hub service to provide residents and businesses with the advice and information they need to make low-carbon decisions, alongside a climate pledge tool, allowing everyone to set their own decarbonisation target on our journey to net zero together.

 

iv.        To campaign for investment in green jobs, a just transition, climate resilience measures and a decarbonised public transport network to support our recovery.

 

 

 

Motion 4: Affirmation of membership of Stonewall’s  Diversity Champion scheme

 

Councillor Russell moved the motion. Councillor O’Halloran contributed to the debate.

 

The motion was put to the vote and CARRIED.

 

RESOLVED:

 

i.        To continue demonstrating leadership on LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion in the workplace to residents, businesses and other organisations in the borough.

 

ii.        To maintain its membership of Stonewall as a Diversity Champion and continue participating in Stonewall's UK Workplace Equality Index to measure and compare the Council’s performance on workplace LGBTQ+ inclusion on a national level.