Item 8(i)
Mr Stephen Cooksey (Dorking South and the Holmwoods) to move under Standing Order 11 as follows:
This Council welcomes DEFRA's "A consultation on proposals to tackle crime and poor performance in the waste sector & introduce a new fixed penalty for the waste duty of care" document, published in January 2018.
This
Council notes the Government's view, stated in the consultation,
that "residents should be able to dispose of household DIY waste
free of charge" and "The Government will consider clarifying the
law if councils continue to charge for disposal of reasonable
amounts of DIY waste".
This
Council resolves to immediately implement the Conservative
Government’s proposals to cease charging for DIY household
waste and to avoid forcing the Government to enact legislation
to compel charges to be withdrawn.
Item 8(ii)
Mr Will Forster (Woking South) to move under Standing Order 11 as follows:
This Council notes that:
1. Last year 170 young people (aged 16 or over) left the care of Surrey County Council and began the difficult transition out of care and into adulthood.
2. Research from The Centre for Social Justice found that over half (57%) of young people leaving care have difficulty managing their money and avoiding debt when leaving care.
3. This Council has statutory corporate parenting responsibilities towards young people who have left care up until the age of 25.
4. The Children and Social Work Act 2017 places corporate parenting responsibilities on district and borough councils for the first time, requiring them to have regard to children in care and care leavers when carrying out their functions.
This Council believes that:
1. To ensure that the transition from care to adult life is as smooth as possible, and to mitigate the chances of care leavers falling into debt as they begin to manage their own finances, the burden of council tax should be relieved until they are 25.
2. Care leavers are a particularly vulnerable group for council tax debt.
This Council, therefore, resolves to use the County Council’s convening powers and expertise in corporate parenting to work with all district and borough councils in Surrey to explore the options for relieving the council tax burden for all care leavers in the County up to the age of 25, sharing any arising costs proportionately.
Item 8 (iii)
Mr Jonathan Essex (Redhill East) to move under Standing Order 11 as follows:
Council notes that according to recent research,
eight million metric tons of plastic waste ends up in the
world’s oceans each year, endangering marine life, and
that there is a growing understanding of the risks posed to
human health by toxic chemicals present in
plastics.
Council further notes that
six months after the introduction of the 5p bag charge, use of
single-use plastic bags had already dropped by 85%, while the TV
programme Blue Planet II has raised public awareness of the
problems of our throwaway culture. Norwich, Brighton and other
councils in the UK have already passed motions committing to phase
out the use of single-use plastic products where it is
reasonable to do so and to encourage local businesses and other
local public agencies to do the same
Council resolves
to:
1. Develop a robust strategy to make Surrey County Council a ‘single-use-plastic-free’ authority by the end of 2018 and encourage the County’s institutions, businesses and citizens to adopt similar measures by the end of 2018;
2. End the sale and provision of single-use plastic products such as bottles, cups, cutlery and drinking straws in Council buildings;
3. Investigate the possibility of requiring pop-up food and drink vendors at large council events to avoid SUP's as a condition of their contract and work with tenants in commercial properties owned by Surrey County Council to encourage the phasing out of SUP cups, bottles, cutlery and straws.
4. Write to the Secretary of State for the Environment to request that the Government commits to phasing out single-use plastics across the UK.
Minutes:
Item 8(i)
Under Standing Order 12.3 the Council agreed to debate this motion.
Under Standing Order 12.1 Mr Stephen Cooksey moved the motion, which was:
‘This Council welcomes DEFRA's "A consultation on proposals to tackle crime and poor performance in the waste sector & introduce a new fixed penalty for the waste duty of care" document, published in January 2018.
This Council notes the Government's view, stated in the
consultation, that "residents should be able to dispose of
household DIY waste free of charge" and "The Government will
consider clarifying the law if councils continue to charge for
disposal of reasonable amounts of DIY waste".
This Council resolves to immediately implement the Conservative
Government’s proposals to cease charging for DIY household
waste and to avoid forcing the Government to enact legislation
to compel charges to be withdrawn.’
Mr Cooksey made the following points:
The motion was formally seconded by David Lee who reserved the right to speak.
Mr Goodman moved an amendment which was formally seconded by Mr O’Reilly.
The amendment was as follows (with additional words underlined and deletions crossed through):
‘This Council welcomes DEFRA's "A consultation on proposals to tackle crime and poor performance in the waste sector & introduce a new fixed penalty for the waste duty of care" document, published in January 2018.
This Council notes the Government's view, stated in the
consultation, that "residents should be able to dispose of
household DIY waste free of charge" and "The Government will
consider clarifying the law if councils continue to charge for
disposal of reasonable amounts of DIY waste".
This Council resolves to immediately implement the Conservative
Government’s proposals to cease charging for DIY household
waste and to avoid forcing the Government to enact legislation
to compel charges to be withdrawn. will continue to
work with the Government to find a sustainable solution to the
disposal of DIY household waste.’
This amendment was not accepted by Mr Cooksey and therefore Mr Goodman spoke to his amendment, making the following points:
Mr O’Reilly, as seconder to the amendment, made the following points:
Five Members spoke on the amendment and made the following comments:
The amendment was put to the vote with 54 Members voting for, 9 voting against and 4 abstentions. The amendment was carried and thus became the substantive motion.
Three Members made the following points:
The substantive motion was put to a vote with 60 members voting for, 9 voting against and no abstentions.
Therefore, it was RESOLVED that:
This Council welcomes DEFRA's "A consultation on proposals to tackle crime and poor performance in the waste sector and introduce a new fixed penalty for the waste duty of care" document, published in January 2018.
This Council notes the Government's view, stated in the
consultation, that "residents should be able to dispose of
household DIY waste free of charge" and "The Government will
consider clarifying the law if councils continue to charge for
disposal of reasonable amounts of DIY waste".
This Council will continue to work with the Government to find a
sustainable solution to the disposal of DIY household
waste.
Item 8(ii)
Under Standing Order 12.3 the Council agreed to debate this motion.
Under Standing Order 12.1 Mr Will Forster moved the motion, which was:
‘This Council notes that:
This Council believes that:
This Council, therefore, resolves to use the County Council’s convening powers and expertise in corporate parenting to work with all district and borough councils in Surrey to explore the options for relieving the council tax burden for all care leavers in the County up to the age of 25, sharing any arising costs proportionately.’
Mr Forster made the following comments:
The motion was formally seconded by Mr Botten, who reserved the right to speak.
Mrs Curran moved an amendment, which was formally seconded by Mrs Lewis.
The amendment was as follows (with additional words underlined and deletions crossed through):
‘This Council notes that:
1.Last year 170 young people (aged 16 or over) left the care of Surrey County Council and began the difficult transition out of care and into adulthood.
2.
Research from The Centre for Social Justice found that over half
(57%) of young people leaving care have difficulty managing their
money and avoiding debt when leaving care.
3.This Council has statutory corporate parenting responsibilities towards young people who have left care up until the age of 25.
4.The Children and Social Work Act 2017 places corporate parenting responsibilities on district and borough councils for the first time, requiring them to have regard to children in care and care leavers when carrying out their functions.
This Council believes
that:
1.
To ensure that the transition from care to adult life is as smooth
as possible, and to mitigate the chances of care leavers falling
into debt as they begin to manage their own finances, the burden of
council tax should be relieved until they are
25.
2.
Care leavers are a particularly vulnerable group for council tax
debt.
This Council, therefore, resolves to use the County
Council’s convening powers and expertise in corporate
parenting to work with all district and borough councils in
Surrey to explore the options for relieving the council tax
burden for all care leavers in the County up to the age of 25,
sharing any arising costs proportionately. resolves to use its convening powers and expertise in corporate
parenting to work with the district and borough councils and other
statutory authorities in Surrey to improve support for children in
care and care leavers and to produce a countywide "Charter" of
available entitlements and support in preparation for independence
and adulthood, to include continuing education and training,
managing a household and looking after money, starting work and
keeping safe and staying healthy.’
Both Mr Forster and Mr Botten agreed to accept the amendment to this motion and, therefore, it became the substantive motion.
Eight Members spoke on the motion and made the following comments:
Mr Botten, as seconder to the motion, made the following points:
Mr Forster concluded the discussion by making the following comments:
The motion was put to a vote and received unanimous support.
Therefore, it was RESOLVED that:
This Council notes that:
This Council resolves to use its convening powers and expertise in corporate parenting to work with the district and borough councils and other statutory authorities in Surrey to improve support for children in care and care leavers and to produce a countywide "Charter" of available entitlements and support in preparation for independence and adulthood, to include continuing education and training, managing a household and looking after money, starting work and keeping safe and staying healthy.
Item 8(iii)
Under Standing Order 12.3 the Council agreed to debate this motion.
Under Standing Order 12.1 Mr Jonathan Essex moved the motion, which was:
‘Council notes that according to recent
research, eight million metric tonnes of plastic waste ends up in
the world’s oceans each year, endangering marine life,
and that there is a growing understanding of the risks posed
to human health by toxic chemicals present in
plastics.
Council further notes that
six months after the introduction of the 5p bag charge, use of
single-use plastic bags had already dropped by 85%, while the TV
programme Blue Planet II has raised public awareness of the
problems of our throwaway culture. Norwich, Brighton and other
councils in the UK have already passed motions committing to phase
out the use of single-use plastic products where it is
reasonable to do so and to encourage local businesses and other
local public agencies to do the same
Council resolves
to:
The motion was formally seconded by Mr Evans, who reserved the right to speak.
Mr Essex made the following points:
Mr Goodman moved an amendment, which was formally seconded by Mr Ramsdale.
The amendment was as follows (with additional words underlined and deletions crossed through):
‘Council notes that according to recent
research, eight million metric tonnes of plastic waste ends up in
the world’s oceans each year, endangering marine life,
and that there is a growing understanding of the risks posed
to human health by toxic chemicals present in
plastics.
Council further notes that
six months after the introduction of the 5p bag charge, use of
single-use plastic bags had already dropped by 85%, while the TV
programme Blue Planet II has raised public awareness of the
problems of our throwaway culture. Norwich, Brighton and other
councils in the UK have already passed motions committing to phase
out the use of single-use plastic products where it is
reasonable to do so and to encourage local businesses and other
local public agencies to do the same. The Council also welcomes and supports the
publishing of the Government Our 25 year plan to improve the
Environment.
Council resolves
to:
Both Mr Essex and Mr Evans agreed to accept the amendment to this motion and, therefore, it became the substantive motion.
Seven Members spoke on the motion and made the following comments:
Mr Evans, as seconder to the motion, made the following points:
Mr Essex concluded the discussion by making the following comments:
The motion was put to a vote and received unanimous support.
Therefore, it was RESOLVED that:
Council notes that according to recent research,
eight million metric tonnes of plastic waste ends up in the
world’s oceans each year, endangering marine life, and
that there is a growing understanding of the risks posed to
human health by toxic chemicals present in
plastics.
Council further notes that
six months after the introduction of the 5p bag charge, use of
single-use plastic bags had already dropped by 85%, while the TV
programme Blue Planet II has raised public awareness of the
problems of our throwaway culture. Norwich, Brighton and other
councils in the UK have already passed motions committing to phase
out the use of single-use plastic products where it is
reasonable to do so and to encourage local businesses and other
local public agencies to do the same. The
Council also welcomes and supports the publishing of the Government
Our 25 year plan to improve the Environment.
Council resolves
to: