This item has a time limit of 60 minutes.

Motions received by the Director of Law, Governance and Strategy in accordance with the rules in Section 11 of the Constitution by the deadline of 1.00pm on Wednesday, 12 March 2025are listed below.

Cross party motions are taken first. Motions will then be taken in turn from the Oxford Community Independents Group, Oxford Independent Group, Real Independent Group, Labour Group, Liberal Democrats Group, Green Group, Independent Oxford Alliance Group in that order.

Substantive amendments to these motions must be sent by councillors to the Director of Law, Governance and Strategy by no later than 10.00am on Friday, 21 March 2025so 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)    Strengthening Ethical Procurement and Investment Policies to Reaffirm Oxford City Council’s Commitment to Human Rights and International Law (proposed by Cllr Barbara Coyne, Seconded by Cllr Dr Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini)

b)    Impact of Traffic Filters (Proposed by Cllr Saj Malik, Seconded by Cllr. Mohammed Azad)

c)    Devolution (Proposed by Cllr. Susan Brown, Seconded by Cllr. Anna Railton)

d)    Ban Smartphones in Oxford Schools (Proposed by Cllr. Jo Sandelson, Seconded by Cllr Andrew Gant)

e)    Standing up for the rights of refugees, asylum seekers and all of Oxford's community (Proposed by Cllr Alex Powell, Seconded by Cllr Dianne Regisfold)

f)      Decent and Genuinely Affordable Housing for All (Proposed by Cllr. Linda Smith, Seconded by Cllr. Ed Turner)

g)    School Transport Support (Proposed by Cllr. Katherine Miles, Seconded by Cllr. Roz Smith)

h)    Better Bus Connectivity – Putting People Before Profit (Proposed by Cllr. Simon Ottino, Seconded by Cllr. Tiago Corais)

i)      Youth Mobility Scheme (Proposed by Cllr. Laurence Fouweather, Seconded by Cllr. Theo Jupp)

Council had before it 9 motions on notice submitted in accordance with Council procedure rules and reached decisions as set out below.

Motions agreed as set out below:

a)    Strengthening Ethical Procurement and Investment Policies to Reaffirm Oxford City Council’s Commitment to Human Rights and International Law (proposed by Cllr Barbara Coyne, Seconded by Cllr Dr Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini

Motions taken but lost:

b)    Impact of Traffic Filters (Proposed by Cllr Saj Malik, Seconded by Cllr. Mohammed Azad)

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

c)    Impact of Traffic Filters (Proposed by Cllr Saj Malik, Seconded by Cllr. Mohammed Azad)

d)    Devolution (Proposed by Cllr. Susan Brown, Seconded by Cllr. Anna Railton)

e)    Ban Smartphones in Oxford Schools (Proposed by Cllr. Jo Sandelson, Seconded by Cllr Andrew Gant)

f)      Standing up for the rights of refugees, asylum seekers and all of Oxford's community (Proposed by Cllr Alex Powell, Seconded by Cllr Dianne Regisford)

g)    Decent and Genuinely Affordable Housing for All (Proposed by Cllr. Linda Smith, Seconded by Cllr. Ed Turner)

h)     School Transport Support (Proposed by Cllr. Katherine Miles, Seconded by Cllr. Roz Smith)

i)      Better Bus Connectivity – Putting People Before Profit (Proposed by Cllr. Simon Ottino, Seconded by Cllr. Tiago Corais)

j)      Youth Mobility Scheme (Proposed by Cllr. Laurence Fouweather, Seconded by Cllr. Theo Jupp)