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 12 November 2025are listed below.

Cross party motions are taken first. Motions will then be taken in turn from the Independent Oxford Alliance Group, Oxford Community Independents Group, Oxford Independent Group, Real Independent Group, Labour Group, Liberal Democrat Group, Green 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 21 November 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)    Oppose a Work Place Parking Levy and planned Bus Gates in Oxford (proposed by Cllr Henwood, seconded Cllr Yeatman)

b)    Bring Thames Water into public ownership (Proposed by Cllr Mundy, Seconded by Cllr Djafari-Marbini)

c)    Democracy and Freedom (proposed by Cllr Rehman, seconded by Cllr Latif)

d)      Better use of Oxpens Bridge Funding (proposed by Cllr Jupp, seconded by Cllr Miles)

e)      A World-Class Multi-Modal Transport Hub for Oxford Station (Proposed by Cllr. Lois Muddiman, Seconded by Cllr. Emily Kerr)

Council had before it 5 motions on notice submitted in accordance with Council procedure rules and reached decisions as set out below. 

Motions agreed as set out below: 

18b. ?Bring Thames Water into public ownership?(Proposed by Cllr Mundy, Seconded by Cllr Djafari-Marbini) 

Motions taken but lost: 

18a. Oppose a Work Place Parking Levy and planned Bus Gates in Oxford (proposed by Cllr Henwood, seconded Cllr Yeatman) 

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

18c. ?Democracy and Freedom (proposed by Cllr Rehman, seconded by Cllr Latif) 

18d. Better use of Oxpens Bridge Funding (proposed by Cllr Jupp, seconded by Cllr Miles) 

18e. A World-Class Multi-Modal Transport Hub for Oxford Station (Proposed by Cllr. Lois Muddiman, Seconded by Cllr. Emily Kerr)