Public addresses and questions to the Leader or other Board member received in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11.10 and 11.11.

The full text of any address or question must be received by the Head of Law and Governance by 5.00 pm on Tuesday 25 November 2014.

Full details of addresses submitted by the deadline will be provided in the briefing note. Full details of questions submitted by the deadline, and written responses where available, will be provided in the briefing note.

There were no addresses or questions.

NOTE: for items 6 and 13 combined, the Constitution sets a time limit of 45 minutes. If there is insufficient time to take all of the questions, the Constitution says that a written response will be given.

There are no questions or addresses.

NOTE: for items 6 and 14 combined, the Constitution sets a time limit of 45 minutes.  If there is insufficient time to take all of the questions, the Constitution says that a written response will be given.

Question to the Leader of the Council (Councillor Bob Price) from Sarah Lasenby on Item 15 on the agenda – petition to Council

Public addresses and questions received in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11.10 and 11.11. The full text of any address or question must be received by the Head of Law and Governance by 5.00 pm on Tuesday 23^rd September 2014.

Full details of addresses and questions submitted by the deadline will be provided separately prior to the meeting.

Under Council procedure rule 11.11, Sarah Lasenby submitted a written question to the Leader of the Council (Councillor Bob Price) but did not attend to ask it.

Question on petition (minute 52 refers)

Will Bob Price the Leader of the Council ask the Lord Mayor to intervene if any of the Councillors who speak in favour of the motion for debate [Save Temple Cowley Pools] then vote against that motion?

This has happened in the past and seems most undemocratic. It also appears as if Councillors are not interested in the views of these very large numbers of the public who want to keep the leisure centre. These specially include those from Rose Hill, Wood Farm and Cowley who will lose out if the leisure complex is not saved.

The voters are relying on fair and transparent processes and expect them to be used. What we have seen is voting by Councillors from the Groups in line with pre-agreed decisions rather than considering the facts and the issues that the public want debated and then voting in the way indicated by those facts.

Written Response

The Lord Mayor has no constitutional power to direct the way that members vote on these issues. Such a restriction would be ultra vires.