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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 17 January 2024 are listed below.

Cross party motions are taken first. Motions will then be taken in turn from the Oxford Socialist Independents, Independent Group, Labour Group, Liberal Democrat Group, Green Groupin 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 26 January 2024so 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)    Stop the Anti-Boycott Bill (proposed by Cllr Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini, seconded by Cllr Chris Jarvis)

b)    Moving Oxford City Council to a committee system of representation to increase residents’ confidence in democracy (proposed by Cllr Amar Latif, seconded by Cllr Shaista Aziz)

c)    The Cost of Living Crisis and local spending in England (proposed by Cllr Ed Turner, seconded by Cllr Nigel Chapman)

d)    Scrap the two-child benefit cap (proposed by Cllr Christopher Smowton, seconded by Cllr Katherine Miles)

e)    Disposable Vapes (proposed by Cllr Lucy Pegg, seconded by Cllr Rosie Rawle

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

Motions agreed as set out below:

a.     Stop the Anti-Boycott Bill (Proposed by Cllr Dr Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini, seconded by Cllr Chris Jarvis) [Amendment proposed by Cllr Chris Smowton, seconded by Cllr Laurence Fouweather]

Motions taken but lost:

b.     Moving Oxford City Council to a committee system of representation to increase residents’ confidence in democracy (proposed by Cllr Amar Latif, seconded by Cllr Shaista Aziz)

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

c.     The Cost of living crisis and local government funding (proposed by Cllr Ed Turner, seconded by Cllr Nigel Chapman). [Amendment proposed by Cllr Andrew Gant, seconded by Cllr Katherine MIles]

d.     Scrap the two-child benefit cap (proposed by Cllr Christopher Smowton, seconded by Cllr Katherine Miles)

e.     Disposable Vapes (proposed by Cllr Lucy Pegg, seconded by Cllr Rosie Rawle)