Agenda item

Petition

The Council is asked to debate the following petition in accordance with Standing Order 3.39.

A statement by the petitioners and a briefing note by the Executive Director Children, Adults, Families, Health and Education will follow.

Save Crawley Open House!

‘This petition demands that West Sussex County Council rejects the proposed cuts to Housing Related Support, which will cause untold misery for the most vulnerable members of our society, and instead maintains this vital support for our local homeless.’

(5 minutes is allocated for the Lead Petitioner, 5 minutes for the Cabinet Member’s response followed by an opportunity for a members’ debate of no more than 30 minutes with each member allowed to speak for a maximum of 3 minutes. At the end of the debate and before any proposition is put, the Lead Petitioner and Cabinet Member will each be given 3 minutes for a closing statement.)

Minutes:

74.1 The Council debated the following petition. A briefing note from the Director of Law and Assurance and a statement from the petitioners and been circulated with the agenda (supplement pages 3 and 5).

Save Crawley Open House!

74.2 Mr Peter Lamb, on behalf of the petitioners, addressed the Council for five minutes in support of the petition.

74.3 The Cabinet Member for Adults and Health responded to the petition for five minutes on behalf of the County Council.

74.4 The Council debated the petition.

74.5 Mr Lamb, on behalf of the petitioners, and the Cabinet Member were each given three minutes to make a closing statement.

74.6 A proposition was moved by Mr Bradbury and seconded by Mrs Arculus as set out below:

‘That this County Council supports the Cabinet Member for Adults and Health in engaging with the recently-formed consortium to ensure that future contracts meet the need for targeted support and mitigate any unintended consequences and in ensuring that the County Council’s work with districts and boroughs achieves an integrated approach to tackling homelessness across the county.’

74.7 The proposition was put to a recorded vote under Standing Order 35.5.

(a) For the proposition – 48

Mr Acraman, Mrs Arculus, Lt Cdr Atkins, Mr Baldwin, Mr Barling, Mr Barrett-Miles, Mr Boram, Mr Bradbury, Mr Bradford, Mrs Bridges, Mr Catchpole, Mr Cloake, Mr Crow, Mrs Dennis, Mrs Duncton, Mr Edwards, Mr Elkins, Mr Fitzjohn, Ms Flynn, Ms Goldsmith, Mrs Hall, Mr High, Mr Hillier, Mr Hunt, Mrs Jupp, Mr Jupp, Ms Kennard, Mrs Kitchen, Mr Lanzer, Mr Lea, Mr Markwell, Mr Marshall, Mr McDonald, Mr Mitchell, Mr Montyn, Mr R J Oakley, Mr S J Oakley, Mr Parikh, Mrs Pendleton, Mr Petts, Mrs Purnell, Mrs Russell, Mr Simmons, Mrs Sparkes, Mr Turner, Mrs Urquhart, Mr Waight and Mr Wickremaratchi.

(b) Against the proposition - 12

Mr Buckland, Dr Dennis, Mr Jones, Ms Lord, Mrs Millson, Dr O’Kelly, Mr Oppler, Mr Oxlade, Mr Purchese, Mr Quinn, Mr Smytherman and Dr Walsh.

Mr Barnard

74.8 The proposition was carried.

74.9 A proposition was moved by Mr Jones and seconded by Mr Oxlade as set out below:

‘That this Council supports the petition and calls on the Cabinet Member to agree to the request made in the petition and abandon the proposals to cut the home support fund in any way and confirm that the current contracts remain in place for a further year.’

74.10The proposition was put to a recorded vote under Standing Order 35.5.

(a) For the proposition – 13

Mr Buckland, Dr Dennis, Mr Jones, Ms Lord, Mr Markwell, Mrs Millson, Dr O’Kelly, Mr Oppler, Mr Oxlade, Mr Purchese, Mr Quinn, Mr Smytherman and Dr Walsh.

(b) Against the proposition - 43

Mr Acraman, Mrs Arculus, Lt Cdr Atkins, Mr Baldwin, Mr Barling, Mr Barrett-Miles, Mr Boram, Mr Bradbury, Mr Bradford, Mr Catchpole, Mr Cloake, Mrs Dennis, Mrs Duncton, Mr Edwards, Mr Elkins, Ms Flynn, Ms Goldsmith, Mrs Hall, Mr High, Mr Hunt, Mrs Jupp, Mr Jupp, Ms Kennard, Mrs Kitchen, Mr Lanzer, Mr Lea, Mr Marshall, Mr McDonald, Mr Mitchell, Mr Montyn, Mr R J Oakley, Mr S J Oakley, Mr Parikh, Mrs Pendleton, Mr Petts, Mrs Purnell, Mrs Russell, Mr Simmons, Mrs Sparkes, Mr Turner, Mrs Urquhart, Mr Waight and Mr Wickremaratchi.

Mr Barnard, Mrs Bridges, Mr Crow, Mr Fitzjohn and Mr Hillier.

74.11 The proposition was lost.

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