Agenda item

A)  Sponsorship and Donations

It was moved by Councillor Strutton,

Seconded by Councillor Bains,

“This Council resolves to ensure that all sponsorships for products, events and services are fully transparent to elected members and the public so that all donations are accountable, thereby, this Council will no longer accept blind donations.”

The motion was put to the vote and lost by 7 votes for, 30 against and 2 abstentions.

Resolved – The motion was lost.

B)  Funding of health services

It was moved by Councillor Swindlehurst,

Seconded by Councillor Sadiq,

“This Council believes that Government thinking is misplaced in trying to pass on the costs of funding health services to Councils, service users and local taxpayers.

This Council therefore calls upon the Government to;

·  Scrap NHS hospital car parking charges which are onerous and ever more costly for sick and vulnerable patients and their visiting friends and relatives.

·  Provide adequate national funding for Adult Social Care as this Council believes the 3% Health and Social Care precept, levied at a local level, is nothing more than a cost shunting exercise.”

It was moved by Councillor Bains, as an amendment,

Seconded by Councillor Strutton,

“This Council endeavours to reduce believes that Government thinking is misplaced in trying to pass onthe costs of funding health services to Councils, service users and local
taxpayers.

This Council therefore calls upon the Government to;

·  Support Conservative MP for Harlow, Robert Halfron’s  ‘Hospital Car Parking Charges (Abolition) Bill - 2nd reading’ in the House of Commons on 11^th May 2018 to scrap NHS hospital car parking charges which are onerous and ever more costly for sick and vulnerable patients and their visiting friends and relatives.

·  Provide adequate national funding for Adult Social Care as this Council believes the 3% Health and Social Care precept, levied at a local level, is nothing more than a cost shunting exercise.”

The amendment was put to the vote with 8 votes for, 31 against and 1 abstention. The amendment to the motion was lost.

The original motion was put to the vote and carried unanimously.

Resolved –

This Council believes that Government thinking is misplaced in trying to pass on the costs of funding health services to Councils, service users and local taxpayers.

This Council therefore calls upon the Government to;

·  Scrap NHS hospital car parking charges which are onerous and ever more costly for sick and vulnerable patients and their visiting friends and relatives.

·  Provide adequate national funding for Adult Social Care as this Council believes the 3% Health and Social Care precept, levied at a local level, is nothing more than a cost shunting exercise.