15.1 In the name of Councillor Neville:
“The Council welcomes the completion of the purchase of the Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
The Council shares both, the Royal Free’s assessment that the site needs to be redeveloped and it’s acknowledgement that parts of the site are “no longer suitable for the delivery of modern health care”. The council is anxious however to see that the £100million of government investment in the site is actually delivered, and as quickly as possible. It looks forward to working with the Royal Free Trust to secure this much needed and long overdue redevelopment, for the benefit of Enfield residents.”
15.2 In the name of Councillor Neville:
“The Council calls upon the Cabinet to implement Labour’s election pledge “to encourage residents to shop locally” by firstly implementing a 20 minute free parking at Pay and Display bays in town centres, and secondly ensuring that in designing the Cycle Enfield project existing on-street parking spaces are not reduced.”
15.3 In the name of Councillor Stewart:
“Enfield Council is extremely concerned about the Government’s mismanagement of Employment and Support Allowance. Large backlogs, an increasing number of sanctions and poorly administered Work Capability Assessments are having a devastating effect on the most vulnerable in Enfield. The Leader of the Council is requested to write to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, to raise our concerns.”
15.4 In the name of Councillor Alessandro Georgiou
“Enfield Council welcomes the Care Act 2014 and funding that the government has provided to support vulnerable people and mandates the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care to commission a report into the implications of the act and how we will support vulnerable adults in future years, This report must be published by May 2015.”
15.5 In the name of Councillor Alessandro Georgiou
“Whilst we recognise under paragraph 33 part 4 of the constitution filming is permitted at public council meetings, transparency is vital in a democracy.
We ask Enfield Council with this is mind to place at minimal cost cameras to record full Council Meetings and to publish the recording onto the Enfield Council website.”
15.6 In the name of Councillor Taylor:
“Between 2010/11 - 2015/16 London local government has had a real term reduction in core funding of a reduction of £2.6 billion. For the 3 years to 2018-19 core funding will fall by a further £1 billion in real terms.
Enfield has suffered its share of these pressures and cuts to support, exacerbated by the problems of damping. This costs Enfield over £10 million per year and is programmed to continue. With fair funding Enfield services would be much more insulated from Government cuts.
Residents in Enfield deserve better from central Government and
Enfield Council will do all it can to:
- Secure a fairer distribution of resources
- Engage with residents on this injustice
- Encourage local MPs to support the ‘Enfield case’
- Work with other authorities that suffer damping to challenge this unfairness”
15.7 In the names of Councillor Neville & Councillor Laban:
“The council deplores the decision of Cllr Bond Cabinet Member for Environment to authorise the borough’s parks to remain unlocked at night without any proper consultation with Friends Groups, or more particularly the police, having regard to the obvious implications for criminal behaviour.
Whilst welcoming Cllr Bond’s decision at the meeting of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee to delay the implementation so that proper consultation could take place, in the light of the public outcry, the council now instructs the Cabinet Member to abandon this senseless proposal.”
Minutes:
The following motions listed on the agenda lapsed due to lack of time:
1.1 In the name of Councillor Neville:
“The Council welcomes the completion of the purchase of the Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
The Council shares both, the Royal Free’s assessment that the site needs to be redeveloped and it’s acknowledgement that parts of the site are “no longer suitable for the delivery of modern health care”. The council is anxious however to see that the £100million of government investment in the site is actually delivered, and as quickly as possible. It looks forward to working with the Royal Free Trust to secure this much needed and long overdue redevelopment, for the benefit of Enfield residents.”
1.2 In the name of Councillor Neville:
“The Council calls upon the Cabinet to implement Labour’s election pledge “to encourage residents to shop locally” by firstly implementing a 20 minute free parking at Pay and Display bays in town centres, and secondly ensuring that in designing the Cycle Enfield project existing on-street parking spaces are not reduced.”
1.3 In the name of Councillor Alessandro Georgiou
“Enfield Council welcomes the Care Act 2014 and funding that the government has provided to support vulnerable people and mandates the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care to commission a report into the implications of the act and how we will support vulnerable adults in future years, This report must be published by May 2015.”
1.4 In the name of Councillor Alessandro Georgiou
“Whilst we recognise under paragraph 33 part 4 of the constitution filming is permitted at public council meetings, transparency is vital in a democracy.
We ask Enfield Council with this is mind to place at minimal cost cameras to record full Council Meetings and to publish the recording onto the Enfield Council website.”
1.5 In the name of Councillor Taylor:
“Between 2010/11 - 2015/16 London local government has had a real term reduction in core funding of a reduction of £2.6 billion. For the 3 years to 2018-19 core funding will fall by a further £1 billion in real terms.
Enfield has suffered its share of these pressures and cuts to support, exacerbated by the problems of damping. This costs Enfield over £10 million per year and is programmed to continue. With fair funding Enfield services would be much more insulated from Government cuts.
Residents in Enfield deserve better from central Government and
Enfield Council will do all it can to:
- Secure a fairer distribution of resources
- Engage with residents on this injustice
- Encourage local MPs to support the ‘Enfield case’
- Work with other authorities that suffer damping to challenge this unfairness”
1.6 In the names of Councillor Neville & Councillor Laban:
“The council deplores the decision of Cllr Bond Cabinet Member for Environment to authorise the borough’s parks to remain unlocked at night without any proper consultation with Friends Groups, or more particularly the police, having regard to the obvious implications for criminal behaviour.
Whilst welcoming Cllr Bond’s decision at the meeting of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee to delay the implementation so that proper consultation could take place, in the light of the public outcry, the council now instructs the Cabinet Member to abandon this senseless proposal.”