This item has a time limit of 60 minutes.

Motions received by the Head of Law and Governance in accordance with the rules in Section 11 of the Constitution by the deadline of 1.00pm on Wednesday 10 March 2021 are listed below.

Cross party motions are taken first. Motions will then be taken in turn from the 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 19 March 2021 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)    Developing a Food Strategy (proposed by Cllr Simmons, seconded by Cllr Wolff)

b)    Housing and Homelessness (Proposed by Cllr Hollingsworth, seconded by Cllr Djafari-Marbini)

c)     Call on the Government to repeal the Vagrancy Act (proposed by Cllr Gant)

d)    Support for a new Oxford National Park (proposed by Cllr Wolff, seconded by Cllr Simmons)

e)    Financial security (Proposed by Cllr Hayes, seconded by Cllr Humberstone)

f)      Proportional Representation to ensure every vote counts (proposed by Cllr Garden)

g)    Adopting an advertising and sponsorship policy which supports responsible consumption (proposed by Cllr Simmons, seconded by Cllr Wolff)

h)    Against Food Poverty (proposed by Cllr Tidball)

Council had before it 8 motions on notice submitted in accordance with Council procedure rules and reached decisions as set out below.

Motions agreed as set out below:

a)    Developing a Food Strategy (proposed by Cllr Simmons, seconded by Cllr Wolff; Cllr Simmons accepted the amendment proposed by Cllr Tidball and Cllr Hayes)

b)    Housing and Homelessness (proposed by Cllr Hollingsworth, seconded by Cllr Djafari-Marbini)

c)     Call on the Government to repeal the Vagrancy Act (proposed by Cllr Gant, seconded by Cllr Wade)

d)    Support for a new Oxford National Park (proposed by Cllr Wolff, seconded by Cllr Simmons; Cllr Wolff accepted the amendment proposed by Cllr Hayes and Cllr Tarver)

Motions not taken as the time allocated for debate had finished:

e)    Financial security (proposed by Cllr Hayes, seconded by Cllr Humberstone)

f)      Proportional Representation to ensure every vote counts (proposed by Cllr Garden)

g)    Adopting an advertising and sponsorship policy which supports responsible consumption (proposed by Cllr Simmons, seconded by Cllr Wolff)

h)    Against Food Poverty (proposed by Cllr Tidball)