This item has a time limit of 60 minutes.

The full text of motions received by the Head of Law and Governance in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11.17 by the deadline of 1.00pm on Wednesday 17 January 2018 is below. Motions will be taken in turn from Green, Labour and Liberal Democrat groups in that order.

Substantive amendments to these motions must be sent by councillors to the Head of Law and Governance by no later than 10.00am on Friday 26 January 2018 so that they may be circulated with the briefing note.

Minor technical or limited wording amendments may be submitted during the meeting but must be written down and circulated.

Council is asked to consider the following motions:

a.     Setting a target of zero rough sleeping in Oxford (proposed by Councillor Thomas, seconded by Councillor Simmons)

b.     Public services must be run for the public benefit, not private profit (proposed by Councillor Iley-Williamson)       

c.      Fair employment: voluntary charter “Dying to Work” (proposed by Councillor Wilkinson)

d.     Opposing expansion of Oxford Airport and proposed Oxford-Cambridge Expressway road (proposed by Councillor Wolff, seconded by Councillor Simmons)

e.     Sexual Harassment at Work (proposed by Councillor Smith, seconded by Councillor Pressel)

f.       Phasing out unnecessary single-use plastics (proposed by Councillor Brandt, seconded by Councillor Simmons)

g.     Call on Government to introduce a new Clean Air Act (proposed by Councillor Wolff, seconded by Councillor Simmons)  

Council had before it nine motions on notice and amendments submitted in accordance with Council procedure rule 11.17 and published with the agenda and briefing note, and reached decisions as set out below.

Council resolved to adopt the following motions as set out in these minutes:

a.     Setting a target of zero rough sleeping in Oxford as amended

b.     Public services must be run for the public benefit, not private profit

c.      Fair employment: voluntary charter “Dying to Work”

The following were not taken because the time for discussing motions had elapsed.

d.     Opposing expansion of Oxford Airport and proposed Oxford-Cambridge Expressway road

e.     Sexual Harassment at Work

f.       Phasing out unnecessary single-use plastics

Call on Government to introduce a new Clean Air Act