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 Rules by the deadline of 1.00pm on Wednesday 16 January 2019 is below.

Motions will be taken in turn from the Liberal Democrat, Green, 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 Friday 24 Januaryso 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:

1. Retaining democratic rights for EU27 citizens
2. Declaring a climate emergency
3. Adopting a definition of Islamophobia
4. Opposition to Oxford-Cambridge expressway as currently proposed
5. Protecting the Oxford name
6. Opposing mental health funding cuts by the County Council

Council had before it six motions on notice and amendments submitted in accordance with Council procedure rules and reached decisions as set out below.

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

a.    Retaining democratic rights for EU27 citizens

b.    Declaring a climate emergency.

c.    Adopting a definition of Islamophobia.

d.    To oppose the Oxford-Cambridge expressway as it is currently proposed, to continue to press national government for more investment in sustainable transport, and to ask the Department for Transport to urgently clarify its proposals around the Expressway.

The following motions were not taken as the time allocated for debate had elapsed:

e.    Protecting the Oxford name

f.     Opposing mental health funding cuts by the County Council