Report of the Leader of the Council is attached.

It was proposed by the Leader of the Council, Councillor Peter Nutting, and seconded by the Deputy Leader, Councillor Steve Charmley, that the report of the Leader of the Council and the recommendations contained therein be received and agreed.  The Leader responded to concerns raised by a number of Members and a recorded vote was requested

FOR (37)

Adams, Barrow, Biggins, Bird, Burgess, Butler, Carroll, Chapman, Charmley, Dakin, Davenport, Harris, Hartley, Hignett, Hughes, Hunt, M Jones, S Jones, Lea, Lynch, Macey, Milner, Minnery, Morris, Motley, Nutting, Parr, Pate, Picton, Price, Potter, Roberts, Tindall, Wild, Winwood, Wood, Wynn

AGAINST (25)

Boddington, Calder, Clarke, Dean, Dee, R Evans, Fraser, Halliday, Houghton, R Huffer,
T Huffer, I Jones, H Kidd, Mackenzie, Mellings, Moseley, Mosley, Pardy, Parry, Parsons, Shineton,  Tremellen, Turner, Vasmer, Woodward

ABSTAINED - None

RESOLVED:

2.1         That Part 4 of the Constitution, Council Procedure Rules, be amended by the deletion of the second paragraph of 15.3, “Questions on Notice at Committees and Sub-Committees,” and the insertion of an additional paragraph after 15.4 “Notice of Questions” as follows:

15.5       Number of questions

A period of up to 30 minutes shall be set aside at each meeting when normally up to six questions will be heard. If notice is received of more than six questions for the same meeting, priority will be given to questions in accordance with the order in which they were received.  At any one meeting, no Member may submit more than two questions.