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Motions received by the Head of Law and Governance in accordance with Council Procedure Rules by the deadline of 1.00pm on Wednesday 8 July 2020 are listed 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 17 July 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:

1.            Twinning with a locality on the island of Taiwan (proposed by Cllr Goddard, seconded by Cllr Wade)

2.            Adopting the C40 Mayors COVID-19 Recovery Task Force principles (proposed by Cllr Wolff, seconded by Cllr Simmons)

3.            Disproportionate deaths from Covid-19 of Health and care workers from Black, Asian and ethnic minorities (proposed by Cllr Bely-Summers)

4.            Celebrating Oxford’s Diversity (proposed by Cllr Gant, seconded by Cllr Altaf Khan)

5.            Against postponing County Council elections (proposed by Cllr Simmons, seconded by Cllr Wolff)

6.            Fossil fuel divestment (proposed by Cllr Hayes, seconded by Cllr Turner)

7.            Against postponing County Council elections (proposed by Cllr Roz Smith)

8.            Liveable Streets initiative (proposed by Cllr Wolff, seconded by Cllr Simmons)

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

a)              Twinning with a locality on the island of Taiwan

b)              Adopting the C40 Mayors COVID-19 Recovery Task Force principles

c)               Disproportionate deaths from Covid-19 of Health and care workers from Black, Asian and ethnic minorities

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

d)              Celebrating Oxford’s Diversity

e)              Against postponing County Council elections

f)                Fossil fuel divestment

g)              Against postponing County Council elections (2)

h)              Liveable Streets initiative