Minutes:
Councillor Stewart moved and Councillor B.Charalambous seconded a further proposal to change the order of business on the agenda under paragraph 2.2 (page 4-5) of the Council’s procedure rules to enable the meeting to take the following as the next items of business:
• Item 16.2: Motion in the name of Councillor Hamilton on competition within the NHS.
Councillor Neville (as Leader of the Opposition) sought clarification on use of the procedural motion, given the change in order of the agenda already agreed at the start of the meeting. (Min 51 refers). John Austin (Corporate Governance) advised that paragraph 2.2 of the Council Procedure Rules allowed the order of business at Council meetings to be changed either at the discretion of the Mayor, or by a vote (if required) at the meeting without discussion. According to the Constitution there was nothing to prevent the procedure being applied more than once during the meeting, subject to it being formally approved.
The change in the order of agenda was agreed after a vote. In accordance with section 15.4 of the Council Procedure Rules the Opposition Group requested a roll call vote, with the result as follows:
For: 33
Councillor Abdul Abdullahi
Councillor Dinah Barry
Councillor Chris Bond
Councillor Yasemin Brett
Councillor Alev Cazimoglu
Councillor Bambos Charalambous
Councillor Katherine Chibah
Councillor Guney Dogan
Councillor Sarah Doyle
Councillor Christiana During
Councillor Nesimi Erbil
Councillor Krystle Fonyonga
Councillor Christine Hamilton
Councillor Ahmet Hasan
Councillor Suna Hurman
Councillor Jansev Jemal
Councillor Doris Jiagge
Councillor Nneka Keazor
Councillor Adeline Kepez
Councillor Bernie Lappage
Councillor Derek Levy
Councillor Mary Maguire
Councillor Don McGowan
Councillor Ayfer Orhan
Councillor Ahmet Oykener
Councillor George Savva
Councillor Rohini Simbodyal
Councillor Toby Simon
Councillor Alan Sitkin
Councillor Andrew Stafford
Councillor Claire Stewart
Councillor Doug Taylor
Councillor Ozzie Uzoanya
Against: 19
Councillor Erin Celebi
Councillor Lee Chamberlain
Councillor Jason Charalambous
Councillor Lee David-Sanders
Councillor Don Delman
Councillor Peter Fallart
Councillor Alessandro Georgiou
Councillor Elaine Hayward
Councillor Ertan Hurer
Councillor Eric Jukes
Councillor Joanne Laban
Councillor Michael Lavender
Councillor Andy Milne
Councillor Terence Neville
Councillor Ann Marie Pearce
Councillor Michael Rye
Councillor Edward Smith
Councillor Jim Steven
Councillor Glynis Vince
Abstention: 0
Following the advice received, Councillor Hurer then moved and Councillor Lavender seconded an additional proposal to change the order of business on the agenda under paragraph 2.2 (page 4-5) of the Council’s procedure rules to enable the meeting to take the following as the next items of business (in place of Item 16.2):
• Item 16.7: Motion in the name of Councillor Stewart on management of the Employment & Support Allowance.
John Austin reminded members that use of the procedural motion was subject to either the discretion of the Mayor or by agreement of the meeting. In order to enable the meeting to proceed, the Mayor was therefore asked to rule on the procedural motion and informed members that he was not prepared to accept or approve it.
Councillor Hurer immediately moved and Councillor Rye seconded a further proposal to change the order of business on the agenda under paragraph 2.2 (page 4-5) of the Council’s procedure rules to enable the meeting to take the following as the next items of business (in place of Item 16.2):
• Item 16.4: Motion in the name of Councillor Neville on development of the Barnet & Chase Farm Hospital site.
The Mayor was once again asked to rule on the procedural motion and informed members that he was not prepared to accept or approve it and the meeting moved on to deal with Item 16.2, on the basis of the decision agreed above.
Please note the minutes reflect the order in which the item was dealt with at the meeting.