The following Notices of Motion have been received:-
(i) Elections Pilot Scheme
Council welcomes the publication in August 2016 of the review into electoral fraud carried out by Sir Eric Pickles in his role as the Government’s Anti-Corruption Champion.
Council further welcomes the 50 recommendations contained in the review. In particular council wishes to see:
a) Photo I.D being requested by voters and proxy voters at polling stations, along the lines of the system already in use in Northern Ireland
b) Robust checks on nationality to make sure only those entitled to vote do vote
c) Tightening of the law/rules regarding postal and proxy voting.
The review also advises that systems for voter photo ID at polling stations should be piloted and suggests doing this in areas that are considered at higher risk of electoral fraud.
Council resolves to either write to Government to volunteer as another pilot area for this scheme or runits own pilot scheme at the next Local Government elections in 2018.
In the names of Councillors I Bevan, R Caserta, J Daly, I Gartside, D Gunther, M Hankey, J Harris, R Hodkinson, K Hussain, G Keeley, O Kersh, S Nuttall, I Schofield, D Silbiger, R Walker, and Y Wright
(ii) NHS Crisis
The NHS is facing the most serious crisis since its inception in 1948. The British Red Cross has described it as “humanitarian crisis”; something we normally hear about in Third World countries, not from the world’s fifth largest economy.
The Conservative government have claimed that the NHS is safe in their hands, far from this being the case, they have:
· Created a funding crisis through the worst financial settlement in NHS history.
· Created chaos through top down reorganization and increased bureaucracy.
· Sold off huge chunks of the NHS to private providers.
This has led to:
· Increased waiting times.
· Ward closures.
· Rationing of services.
· Cuts to staffing.
This winter we have witnessed the distressing scenes of our residents waiting on trolleys outside A & E departments, not seen by a doctor for hours; in some cases dying in ambulances or in corridors. The complacency of the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary is staggering; they refuse to accept any responsibility for this situation and attempt to blame hard-working GPs for not being flexible enough with their opening times.
This Council resolves to write to the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary demanding that they:
· Restore the NHS as an accountable public service.
· Reverse the market place culture within the NHS.
· Abolish the purchaser/provider split; end contracting and re-establish public bodies and public services accountable to local communities.
· Support real integration of Health and Social Care.
· Restore the duty of government to provide health services fairly across England.
· Cancel its £22 billion cuts to the NHS.
In the names of Councillors P Adams, N Bayley, J Black, S Briggs, R Cathcart, M Connolly, A Cummings, E FitzGerald, J Grimshaw, S Haroon T Holt, M James, D Jones, J Kelly, S Kerrison, J Lewis, A Mckay, J Mallon, A Matthews, E O’Brien, N Parnell, C Preston, A Quinn, R Shori, R Skillen, S Smith, Sarah Southworth, Susan Southworth, T Tariq, J Walker, S Walmsley and M Whitby.
(iii) Withdrawal from Greater Manchester Spatial Framework
This council meeting notes:
1 That all councils are required by government to have a Local Plan which identifies land for housing, offices and industry.
2 That the proposed Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) is one approach to fulfilling this requirement.
3 That the GMSF is a 20-year plan, requiring a third more housing land to be identified than would be required by a 15 year plan, as produced by many other Local Authorities, and is based upon growth assumptions over such a long period which cannot be verified.
4 That the GMSF proposals include significant releases of Green Belt in Bury (20%) which residents and politicians alike have reacted strongly against
5 The commitment made unanimously by this Council at it meeting on 14 September 2016 to the principals of Green Belt land.
6 The significant pressures Bury faces on its transport network, highways, motorways and public transport and the need to address these pressures to meet current and future demand.
This council expresses its commitment to local communities being at the heart of planning for the future of their local areas.
This council meeting therefore resolves to ask the Leader to:
1 Make arrangements to ensure that the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework does not apply to Bury.
2 Make alternative arrangements to ensure that Bury fulfills its duty to cooperate with other planning authorities
3 Pursue Bury’s own Local Plan.
In the names of Councillors M D’Albert, T Pickstone and S Wright
Minutes:
Three Notices of Motion had been received and set out in the Summons.
(i) Elections Pilot Scheme
A motion had been received and set out in the summons in the names of:
Councillors I Bevan, R Caserta, J Daly, I Gartside, D Gunther, M Hankey, J Harris, R Hodkinson, K Hussain, G Keeley, O Kersh, S Nuttall, I Schofield, D Silbiger, R Walker, and Y Wright
It was moved by Councillor Caserta and seconded by Councillor Gartside that:-
Council welcomes the publication in August 2016 of the review into electoral fraud carried out by Sir Eric Pickles in his role as the Government’s Anti-Corruption Champion.
Council further welcomes the 50 recommendations contained in the review. In particular council wishes to see:
a) Photo I.D being requested by voters and proxy voters at polling stations, along the lines of the system already in use in Northern Ireland
b) Robust checks on nationality to make sure only those entitled to vote do vote
c) Tightening of the law/rules regarding postal and proxy voting.
The review also advises that systems for voter photo ID at polling stations should be piloted and suggests doing this in areas that are considered at higher risk of electoral fraud.
Council resolves to either write to Government to volunteer as another pilot area for this scheme or runits own pilot scheme at the next Local Government elections in 2018.
It was moved by Councillor Walmsley and seconded by Councillor Parnell as an amendment to:-
Amend Para 1 to read:
Council notes the publication in August 2016 of the review into electoral fraud carried out by Sir Eric Pickles and the government response to it published on 27th December 2016.
Amend Para 2 to read:
Council further notes the 50 recommendations contained in the review. In particular Council wishes to see:
Delete points a) b). Replace with:
a) Greater powers to the returning officer and police to address unwanted behaviour in and around polling stations;
b) Guidance and training for staff operating polling stations to ensure satisfactory behaviour within polling stations;
Retain:
c) Tightening of the law/rules regarding postal and proxy voting
Add:
d) The banning of cameras/camera phones or recording equipment being used within polling stations;
Retain:
The review also advises that systems for voter photo ID at polling stations should be piloted and suggests doing this in areas that are considered at higher risk of electoral fraud.
Replace final Para with:
Council resolves to await the outcome of the pilot schemes in the high risk areas following the Local Government elections in 2018.
On being put, with 34 voting for, 16 against and the Mayor abstaining the Mayor declared the amendment carried.
On being put, with 34 voting for, 16 voting against, and with the Mayor abstaining, the Mayor declared the substantive motion carried.
(ii) NHS Crisis
A motion had been received and set out in the summons in the names of:
Councillors P Adams, N Bayley, J Black, S Briggs, R Cathcart, A Cummings, M Connolly, E FitzGerald, J Grimshaw, S Haroon, T Holt, M James, D Jones, J Kelly, S Kerrison, J Lewis, A Mckay, J Mallon, A Matthews, E O’Brien, N Parnell, C Preston, A Quinn, R Shori, R Skillen, S Smith, Sarah Southworth, Susan Southworth, T Tariq, J Walker, S Walmsley and M Whitby.
It was moved by Councillor Parnell and seconded by Councillor Holt that:-
The NHS is facing the most serious crisis since its inception in 1948. The British Red Cross has described it as “humanitarian crisis”; something we normally hear about in Third World countries, not from the world’s fifth largest economy.
The Conservative government have claimed that the NHS is safe in their hands, far from this being the case, they have:
· Created a funding crisis through the worst financial settlement in NHS history.
· Created chaos through top down reorganization and increased bureaucracy.
· Sold off huge chunks of the NHS to private providers.
This has led to:
· Increased waiting times.
· Ward closures.
· Rationing of services.
· Cuts to staffing.
This winter we have witnessed the distressing scenes of our residents waiting on trolleys outside A & E departments, not seen by a doctor for hours; in some cases dying in ambulances or in corridors. The complacency of the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary is staggering; they refuse to accept any responsibility for this situation and attempt to blame hard-working GPs for not being flexible enough with their opening times.
This Council resolves to write to the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary demanding that they:
· Restore the NHS as an accountable public service.
· Reverse the market place culture within the NHS.
· Abolish the purchaser/provider split; end contracting and re-establish public bodies and public services accountable to local communities.
· Support real integration of Health and Social Care.
· Restore the duty of government to provide health services fairly across England.
· Cancel its £22 billion cuts to the NHS.
On being put, with 34 voting for, 16 voting against, and with the Mayor abstaining, the Mayor declared the motion carried.
(iii)Withdrawal from Greater Manchester Spatial Framework
A motion had been received and set out in the summons in the names of:
Councillors M D’Albert, T Pickstone and S Wright
It was moved by Councillor Pickstone and seconded by Councillor S Wright that:-
This council meeting notes:
1 That all councils are required by government to have a Local Plan which identifies land for housing, offices and industry.
2 That the proposed Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) is one approach to fulfilling this requirement.
3 That the GMSF is a 20-year plan, requiring a third more housing land to be identified than would be required by a 15 year plan, as produced by many other Local Authorities, and is based upon growth assumptions over such a long period which cannot be verified.
4 That the GMSF proposals include significant releases of Green Belt in Bury (20%) which residents and politicians alike have reacted strongly against
5 The commitment made unanimously by this Council at it meeting on 14 September 2016 to the principals of Green Belt land.
6 The significant pressures Bury faces on its transport network, highways, motorways and public transport and the need to address these pressures to meet current and future demand.
This council expresses its commitment to local communities being at the heart of planning for the future of their local areas.
This council meeting therefore resolves to ask the Leader to:
1 Make arrangements to ensure that the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework does not apply to Bury.
2 Make alternative arrangements to ensure that Bury fulfills its duty to cooperate with other planning authorities
3 Pursue Bury’s own Local Plan.
It was moved by Councillor Shori and seconded by Councillor Walmsley as an amendment that:-
This council meeting notes:
1. That all councils are required by government to have a Local Plan which identifies land for housing, offices and industry.
2. That the proposed Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) is one approach to fulfilling this requirement.
3. That the GMSF is a 20-year plan
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Amend 4 to read:
4. That the GMSF proposals include significant releases of Green Belt in Bury equating to 20% of greenbelt land but the Council notes that 15% of this is related to one site being the Northern Gateway. The 20% of greenbelt is also a gross figure meaning that not all the 20% will be developed or is indeed developable and includes land on which infrastructure is situated such as motorways. That a broad range of stakeholders including the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, Bury North MP David Nuttall, Bury South MP Ivan Lewis, Conservative Mayoral Candidate Sean Anstee and Labour Mayoral Candidate Andy Burnham agree that some form of strategic plan is required to prevent unmitigated Urban Sprawl.
Amend 5 to read:
5. The commitment made unanimously by this Council at its meeting on 14 September 2016 to the principles of Green Belt land but notes that the recent decision by the Housing Minister to allow more than 6000 homes to be built in Sutton Coldfield on Greenbelt Land calls into question protection offered by the National Planning Policy Framework as ‘Housing Need’ was deemed to be an ‘exceptional circumstance’ for development on Greenbelt
Retain 6
6. The significant pressures Bury faces on its transport network, highways, motorways and public transport and the need to address these pressures to meet current and future demand.
This council expresses its commitment to local communities being at the heart of planning for the future of their local areas.
This council meeting therefore resolves to ask the Leader to:
Replace 1, 2, 3 with:
A.)To remain part of the GMSF process pending:-
(i) An analysis being undertaken of the Housing White Paper due for release on 16 February 2017 and the potential impacts on housing requirements for Bury
(ii) The outcome of the Mayoral Election, with the newly elected Mayor having powers relating to strategic planning.
(iii)A full and detailed analysis of the first consultation on the GMSF.
B.) To ask the Leader to immediately to instruct officers to begin work on a new Local Plan for Bury supervised by an All Party Working Group to ensure that Bury’s Local Plan reflects national planning guidance and seeks to minimise the impact on Bury’s Green Belt.
C.) To ask to Leader to request a meeting with the relevant Minister to challenge the housing projections (objectively assessed need) in the context of the Prime Minister’s recent statement around Brexit that the UK will leave the single market and curb immigration and recent data provided by the CPRE around population projections.
Prior to the vote on the amendment, 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 as follows:-
For the amendment:
Councillors P Adams, N Bayley, J Black, S Briggs, R Cathcart, A Cummings, E FitzGerald, J Grimshaw, S Haroon, T Holt, M James, D Jones, J Kelly, S Kerrison, J Lewis, A Mckay, J Mallon, A Matthews, E O’Brien, N Parnell, C Preston, A Quinn, R Shori, R Skillen, S Smith, Sarah Southworth, Susan Southworth, T Tariq, J Walker, S Walmsley and M Whitby.
Against the amendment:
Councillors I Bevan, R Caserta, M D’Albert, J Daly, I Gartside, D Gunther, M Hankey, J Harris, R Hodkinson, K Hussain, G Keeley, O Kersh, S Nuttall, T Pickstone, I Schofield, D Silbiger, R Walker, S Wright and Y Wright
Abstaining from the amendment:
The Worshipful the Mayor.
Prior to the vote on the substantive 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 as follows:-
For the substantive motion:
Councillors P Adams, N Bayley, J Black, S Briggs, R Cathcart, A Cummings, E FitzGerald, J Grimshaw, S Haroon, T Holt, M James, D Jones, J Kelly, S Kerrison, J Lewis, A Mckay, J Mallon, A Matthews, E O’Brien, N Parnell, C Preston, A Quinn, R Shori, R Skillen, S Smith, Sarah Southworth, Susan Southworth, T Tariq, J Walker, S Walmsley and M Whitby.
Against the substantive motion:
Councillors I Bevan, R Caserta, M D’Albert, J Daly, I Gartside, D Gunther, M Hankey, J Harris, R Hodkinson, K Hussain, G Keeley, O Kersh, S Nuttall, T Pickstone, I Schofield, D Silbiger, R Walker, S Wright and Y Wright
Abstaining from the substantive motion:
The Worshipful the Mayor.
The Mayor declared the substantive motion carried
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