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 15 November 2017 is below. Motions will be taken in turn from the Liberal Democrat, Green, and Labour 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 24 November 2017 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)    A tourism policy for Oxford (proposed by Councillor Wade)

b)    Call on Council to support conversion of buses into homeless accommodation (proposed by Councillor Simmons, seconded by Councillor Brandt)

c)    The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (proposed by Councillor Tidball, seconded by Councillor Paule)

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

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

f)     Against harassment (proposed by Councillor Taylor, seconded by Councillor Smith)

g)    Free city centre wifi (proposed by Councillor Gant)

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

i)     Support for the union national wage claim. (proposed by Councillor Price)

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) A tourism policy for Oxford, amended from the original

c) The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Council resolved not to adopt the following motion:

b) Call on Council to support conversion of buses into homeless accommodation.

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

d)    Fair employment: voluntary charter “Dying to Work”

e)    Call on Government to introduce a new Clean Air Act

f)     Against harassment

g)    Free city centre wifi

h)   Phasing out unnecessary single-use plastics

i)     Support for the union national wage claim.