Issue - meetings

To receive and consider questions to Cabinet Members, Chairs of Committees or Spokespersons for any of the Joint Authorities upon any matter within their portfolio/area of responsibility, of which notice has been given by Members of the Council in accordance with Paragraph 49 to 51 of the Council and Committee Procedure Rules, set out in Chapter 4 of the Council Constitution.

The Council considered a schedule setting out the written questions submitted by:

together with the responses given. Supplementary questions to questions 1, 2, 3 and 4 were responded to by the Cabinet Member – Communities and Housing, the Cabinet Member – Regeneration and Skills and the Cabinet Member - Children’s Social Care.

The Mayor referred Members to Rule 50 of Chapter 4 (The Full Council) of the Constitution which indicated that the period set aside for questions shall not exceed 30 minutes; and that the 30 minute-time period had now been reached.

It was moved by Councillor Shaw, seconded by Councillor Brodie-Browne:

That in accordance with Rule 111 of Chapter 4 of the Constitution (The Full Council) the Rules of Procedure specified in Chapter 4 of the Constitution be suspended to allow the period set aside for questions to continue beyond 30 minutes to allow those Members who have submitted questions to ask supplementary questions if they so wish.   

The Chief Legal and Democratic Officer officiated a vote and the Mayor declared that the Motion was lost by 44 votes to 12 votes.