Issue - meetings

It was moved by Councillor Sir Ron Watson, seconded by Councillor Brough:

Adult Social Care

Sefton Council recognises the commitment made by the new Conservative Government to give priority to dealing with the critically important issues of Adult Social Care.

Council believes that because of its experience in this area it should produce a definitive policy document for formal submission to the Government as part of what will be a National Consultation exercise. 

The Council recognises and welcomes the Government’s stated objective to approach this issue on an all-party basis and believes that Sefton should do the same.
 
The Council should therefore set up a working party whose composition should represent all the parties on the Council who reach the normal threshold of members to give detailed consideration to the issue and that their findings should be submitted to the full Council for approval and not just to the Cabinet. 

The working party should be focused and comprise of 4 Labour, 2 Lib Dems and 1 Conservative member. The names to be agreed by the Whips of the parties concerned.

Following debate, and on a show of hands, the Mayor declared that the Motion was lost by 40 votes to 13 with 4 abstentions and it was

RESOLVED:

That the Motion be not approved.