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 15 September 2023 are listed below.

Cross party motions are taken first. Motions will then be taken in turn from the Green Group, Oxford Social Independents, Independent Group, Labour Group, Liberal Democrat Group 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 November 2023so 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)    Rent Controls (proposed by Cllr Lucy Pegg, seconded by Cllr Chris Jarvis)

b)    Motion to call for a ceasefire in Gaza (proposed by Cllr Paula Dunne, seconded by Cllr Jabu Nala-Hartley)

c)    Back Oxford communities, Oxfam, and Oxford based medical workers, demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire (proposed by Cllr Shaista Aziz, seconded by Cllr Amar Latif).

d)    Peace in Israel and Palestine (proposed by Cllr Susan Brown, seconded by Cllr Ed Turner)

e)    Housing Management System problems and resultant accounts issues at Oxford City Council and ODS (proposed by Cllr Christopher Smowton, seconded by Cllr Laurence Fouweather)

f)      A Ban on Disposable Vapes (proposed by Cllr Lucy Pegg, seconded by Cllr Rosie Rawle)

g)    School Streets Initiative (proposed by Cllr Katherine Miles, seconded by Cllr Andrew Gant)

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

Motions agreed as set out below:

a)    Rent Controls (proposed by Cllr Lucy Pegg, seconded by Cllr Chris Jarvis) [Amendment proposed by Cllr Alex Hollingsworth, seconded by Cllr Linda Smith]

b)    Motion to call for a ceasefire in Gaza (proposed by Cllr Paula Dunne, seconded by Cllr Jabu Nala-Hartley) [Amendment proposed by Cllr Chris Jarvis, seconded by Cllr Lucy Pegg]

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

c)    Back Oxford communities, Oxfam, and Oxford based medical workers, demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire (proposed by Shaista Aziz, seconded by Cllr Amar Latif)

d)    Peace in Israel and Palestine (proposed by Cllr Susan Brown, seconded by Cllr Anna Railton)

e)    Housing Management System problems and resultant accounts issues at Oxford City Council and ODS (proposed by Cllr Christopher Smowton, seconded by Cllr Laurence Fouweather) [Amendment proposed by Cllr Nigel Chapman, seconded by Cllr Susan Brown]

f)      A Ban on Disposable Vapes (proposed by Cllr Lucy Pegg, seconded by Cllr Rosie Rawle)

g)    School Streets Initiative (proposed by Cllr Katherine Miles, seconded by Cllr Andrew Gant)