The following Notices of Motion have been received:-
Plastic Bag Levy
This Council notes:
- That in the last year where figures are available (2013) shops in the UK handed out 8.3 billion plastic carrier bags
- That plastic bags contribute to highly visible litter on our streets and countryside, pose a threat to wildlife and their disposal contributes significantly to green house gas emissions, taking 500 to 1,000 years to degrade.
This Council therefore welcomes:
- The introduction of the Plastic Bag levy introduced by the previous Government which came into force on 5 October 2015.
- That the levy will be distributed to charitable good causes, and the expected reduction in clean-up and waste disposal costs.
This Council resolves:
- To liaise with our large supermarkets, and make available information on their grant schemes to local charities to maximise the amount of the levy which is distributed to local good causes
- Provide information to small businesses in the Borough who may wish to voluntarily charge for plastic bags to maximise the take-up of the scheme within the Borough.
In the names of Councillors D’Albert and Pickstone
Police Funding
This Council notes that Policing, along with the wider public sector, has faced several years of major challenges due to central Government’s unrelenting cuts to funding.
In Greater Manchester, the police have not shied away from these financial challenges, transforming local policing services and working more closely with local authorities and other partner agencies to tackle the issues that place most demand on police services.
However, the latest proposed cuts in funding mean that GMP are now at crisis point. The changing nature and complexity of crime combined with a dwindling budget and the loss of thousands of officers pose extraordinary challenges. Add to that the uncertainty of future police funding and the Police and Crime Commissioner is faced with extremely difficult decisions to ensure the communities of Greater Manchester are kept safe.
We are currently looking at a situation where senior GMP Officers are due to slash another £157m from the Force’s Annual Budget by 2019. This will mean hundreds of policing posts being cut. In numbers terms, this means only 4000 Officers left by 2019, half its levels from just five years ago.
Policing needs the necessary resources so that communities such as Bury can be kept as safe as possible. This is fundamental to secure communities, economic prosperity and a socially just society.
This council is very concerned about the outcome of the latest government consultation on police funding, and commits to work with others to further raise the funding issues being faced by GMP.
In the first instance, we will write to the Secretary of State outlining our concerns, as well as entreating both of our Members of Parliament to intercede with the government on behalf of our Borough.
We also ask for a delegation from Bury Council to meet with the Interim Mayor/Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner and his team to put forward Bury’s case and to ensure our communities and neighbours are protected as far as possible during this time
In the names of Councillors P Adams, N Bayley, J Black, S Briggs, D Cassidy, M Connolly, E FitzGerald, L Fitzwalter, J Grimshaw, S Haroon, P Heneghan, T Holt, A Isherwood, M James, D Jones, J Kelly, S Kerrison, J Lewis, J Mallon, A Matthews, E O’Brien, N Parnell, C Preston, A Quinn, R Shori, A Simpson, R Skillen, Sarah Southworth, Susan Southworth, T Tariq, J Walker, S Walmsley and M Whitby
Minutes:
Two Notices of Motion had been received and set out in the Summons.
Plastic Bag Levy
A motion had been received and set out in the summons in the names of Councillors M D’Albert and T Pickstone
It was moved by Councillor Pickstone and seconded by Councillor D’Albert:-
This Council notes:
· That in the last year where figures are available (2013) shops in the UK handed out 8.3 billion plastic carrier bags
· That plastic bags contribute to highly visible litter on our streets and countryside, pose a threat to wildlife and their disposal contributes significantly to green house gas emissions, taking 500 to 1,000 years to degrade.
This Council therefore welcomes:
· The introduction of the Plastic Bag levy introduced by the previous Government which came into force on 5 October 2015.
· That the levy will be distributed to charitable good causes, and the expected reduction in clean-up and waste disposal costs.
This Council resolves:
· To liaise with our large supermarkets, and make available information on their grant schemes to local charities to maximise the amount of the levy which is distributed to local good causes
· Provide information to small businesses in the Borough who may wish to voluntarily charge for plastic bags to maximise the take-up of the scheme within the Borough.
On being put, with no-one voting against and no abstentions, the Mayor declared the motion carried.
2. Police Funding
A motion had been received and set out in the summons in the names of
Councillors P Adams, N Bayley, J Black, S Briggs, , D Cassidy, M Connolly, E FitzGerald, L Fitzwalter, J Grimshaw, S Haroon, P Heneghan, T Holt, A Isherwood, M James, D Jones, J Kelly, S Kerrison, J Lewis, J Mallon,
A Matthews, E O’Brien, N Parnell, C Preston, A Quinn, R Shori, A Simpson, R Skillen, Sarah Southworth, Susan Southworth, T Tariq, J Walker, S Walmsley and M Whitby.
It was moved by Councillor Lewis and seconded by Councillor Jones:-
This Council notes that Policing, along with the wider public sector, has faced several years of major challenges due to central Government’s unrelenting cuts to funding.
In Greater Manchester, the police have not shied away from these financial challenges, transforming local policing services and working more closely with local authorities and other partner agencies to tackle the issues that place most demand on police services.
However, the latest proposed cuts in funding mean that GMP are now at crisis point. The changing nature and complexity of crime combined with a dwindling budget and the loss of thousands of officers pose extraordinary challenges. Add to that the uncertainty of future police funding and the Police and Crime Commissioner is faced with extremely difficult decisions to ensure the communities of Greater Manchester are kept safe.
We are currently looking at a situation where senior GMP Officers are due to slash another £157m from the Force’s Annual Budget by 2019. This will mean hundreds of policing posts being cut. In numbers terms, this means only 4000 Officers left by 2019, half its levels from just five years ago.
Policing needs the necessary resources so that communities such as Bury can be kept as safe as possible. This is fundamental to secure communities, economic prosperity and a socially just society.
This council is very concerned about the outcome of the latest government consultation on police funding, and commits to work with others to further raise the funding issues being faced by GMP.
In the first instance, we will write to the Secretary of State outlining our concerns, as well as entreating both of our Members of Parliament to intercede with the government on behalf of our Borough.
We also ask for a delegation from Bury Council to meet with the Interim Mayor/Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner and his team to put forward Bury’s case and to ensure our communities and neighbours are protected as far as possible during this time.
Prior to the vote on the motion, in excess of eight Councillors requested that voting be recorded to show how each Member cast their vote, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 17.5.
The result of the vote was a follows:-
For the motion:
P Adams, N Bayley, J Black, K S Briggs, D M Cassidy, M Connolly, M D’Albert, L Fitzwalter, J Grimshaw, S Haroon, P Heneghan, T Holt, , M A James, D Jones, J Kelly, S Kerrison, J Lewis, J Mallon, A K Matthews, E O’Brien, N A Parnell, T Pickstone, C Preston, A Quinn, R Shori, R Skillen, A Simpson, Sarah Southworth, Susan Southworth, T Tariq, J Walker, S Walmsley, M Whitby and M Wiseman
Against the motion:
Abstaining from the motion:
The Mayor declared the Motion carried.