12.1 In the name of Councillor Anne Marie Pearce:
“This Council is concerned that with the rise in population in Enfield, ever increasing demands are being placed on our local health services. Successive governments have failed to recognise that 'fair funding' has not supported local health services to the necessary levels. In comparison with neighbouring boroughs in the North Central London Sector, Enfield is under-funded. For example, Camden, with a population of 260,000 gets an NHS grant of £372 million, while Enfield receives £10 million less with the higher population of 320,000.
The Council instructs the Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care together with the Shadow Cabinet Member to write jointly to the Secretary of State for Health requesting him to review the funding mechanism and allocate available monies in a more equal manner across London. The Council also calls upon Enfield’s three Members of Parliament to support the Council in seeking a revision of the formula.”
12.2 In the name of Councillor Alessandro Georgiou:
“The people of the United Kingdom have voted to leave the European Union. Therefore the Council resolves that the flag of the EU should be removed from the flag pole on the civic centre premises and replaced with the Union Flag of the United Kingdom's of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”
12.3 In the name of Councillor Alessandro Georgiou:
“This Council resolves that the National Anthem of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should have time reserved to be sung during the beginning of each Full Council Meeting.”
12.4 In the name of Councillor George Savva:
“This Council would welcome a new stance by the Government to increase infrastructure spend (as widely reported) to boost the economy, in contrast to the austerity position of the last leader of the Conservative government.
This Council therefore resolves to:
1. Inform residents of the impact of the Government’s austerity measures upon their well-being.
2. Encourage the Government to increase funding of local authorities as the ideally positioned public bodies to best serve local people to increase their well-being and to develop the local infrastructure.
3. Ask the Leader of the Council to write to the Prime Minister bringing to her attention that there should be fair funding for Enfield Council and the added value that this Council can bring for the residents of Enfield.”
12.5 In the name of Councillor Alev Cazimoglu:
“The British Red Cross has said that the NHS is experiencing a "humanitarian Crisis."
The NHS has seen the largest financial squeeze in its history and £4.6 billion has been cut from Social Care.
A third of hospitals have declared they needed urgent help to deal with the number of patients coming through the doors, including The North Middlesex University Hospital which has seen unprecedented demand on its services, resulting in the hospital being forced recently to divert ambulances from the Trust. This is a crisis for Enfield residents.
Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments have turned patients away more than 143 times between 1 December 2016 and 1st January 2017.
The Health and Social Care system needs immediate intervention to deal with the current crisis and a long term plan to stabilise Social Care.
This Council instructs the Leader of the Council and the Leader of the Opposition to send a joint letter, on behalf of Enfield residents, seeking the Government’s urgent intervention in order to fix this crisis. This must include an increase in Government funding for both the NHS and Adult Social Care in Enfield.”
12.6 In the name of Councillor Terry Neville:
“Borough residents were once again exposed to an unnecessary and pointless 24 hour strike on the London Underground, including the Piccadilly Line locally, which brought chaos to our capital and put extra pressure on other transport services. As with previous disputes this strike served only to inflict the maximum inconvenience and misery on hard working Londoners trying to get to and from their place of work.
The Council condemns the actions of the Transport Unions involved, and calls upon the Government to fully implement the relevant provisions of the Trade Union Act 2016 to further restrict the ability to take industrial action in the public transport sector.”
Minutes:
Motion 12.5 In the name of Councillor Alev Cazimoglu:
“The British Red Cross has said that the NHS is experiencing a "humanitarian Crisis."
The NHS has seen the largest financial squeeze in its history and £4.6 billion has been cut from Social Care.
A third of hospitals have declared they needed urgent help to deal with the number of patients coming through the doors, including The North Middlesex University Hospital which has seen unprecedented demand on its services, resulting in the hospital being forced recently to divert ambulances from the Trust. This is a crisis for Enfield residents.
Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments have turned patients away more than 143 times between 1 December 2016 and 1st January 2017.
The Health and Social Care system needs immediate intervention to deal with the current crisis and a long term plan to stabilise Social Care.
This Council instructs the Leader of the Council and the Leader of the Opposition to send a joint letter, on behalf of Enfield residents, seeking the Government’s urgent intervention in order to fix this crisis. This must include an increase in Government funding for both the NHS and Adult Social Care in Enfield.”
Following the debate the motion was put to the vote and agreed with the following result:
For: 36
Against: 17
Abstentions: 0
Motion 12.4 In the name of Councillor George Savva:
“This Council would welcome a new stance by the Government to increase infrastructure spend (as widely reported) to boost the economy, in contrast to the austerity position of the last leader of the Conservative government.
This Council therefore resolves to:
1. Inform residents of the impact of the Government’s austerity measures upon their well-being.
2. Encourage the Government to increase funding of local authorities as the ideally positioned public bodies to best serve local people to increase their well-being and to develop the local infrastructure.
3. Ask the Leader of the Council to write to the Prime Minister bringing to her attention that there should be fair funding for Enfield Council and the added value that this Council can bring for the residents of Enfield.”
Following a debate the recommendations in the motion were put to the vote and agreed.
NOTED that the Opposition Group voted against recommendations 1 and 2 but in favour of recommendation 3 which was therefore agreed unanimously.
DURATION OF THE TIME ALLOCATED FOR MOTIONS
The Mayor advised at this stage of the meeting that the time available for motions had now elapsed, so Council procedure rule 9 would apply.
NOTED that in accordance with Council procedure rule 9 the remaining motions lapsed due to lack of time.
Motion 12.1 In the name of Councillor Anne Marie Pearce:
“This Council is concerned that with the rise in population in Enfield, ever increasing demands are being placed on our local health services. Successive governments have failed to recognise that 'fair funding' has not supported local health services to the necessary levels. In comparison with neighbouring boroughs in the North Central London Sector, Enfield is under-funded. For example, Camden, with a population of 260,000 gets an NHS grant of £372 million, while Enfield receives £10 million less with the higher population of 320,000.
The Council instructs the Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care together with the Shadow Cabinet Member to write jointly to the Secretary of State for Health requesting him to review the funding mechanism and allocate available monies in a more equal manner across London. The Council also calls upon Enfield’s three Members of Parliament to support the Council in seeking a revision of the formula.”
Motion 12.2 In the name of Councillor Alessandro Georgiou:
“The people of the United Kingdom have voted to leave the European Union. Therefore the Council resolves that the flag of the EU should be removed from the flag pole on the civic centre premises and replaced with the Union Flag of the United Kingdom's of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”
Motion 12.3 In the name of Councillor Alessandro Georgiou:
“This Council resolves that the National Anthem of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should have time reserved to be sung during the beginning of each Full Council Meeting.”
Motion 12.6 In the name of Councillor Terry Neville:
“Borough residents were once again exposed to an unnecessary and pointless 24 hour strike on the London Underground, including the Piccadilly Line locally, which brought chaos to our capital and put extra pressure on other transport services. As with previous disputes this strike served only to inflict the maximum inconvenience and misery on hard working Londoners trying to get to and from their place of work.
The Council condemns the actions of the Transport Unions involved, and calls upon the Government to fully implement the relevant provisions of the Trade Union Act 2016 to further restrict the ability to take industrial action in the public transport sector.”