Democracy | Council – 10 November 2015

Council – 10 November 2015

Present

THE MAYOR – Councillor Helen Rowson

Councillors Ali, Allcock, Armiger, Armitage, Bainbridge, J Briggs, Carlile, Clark, Collinson, A Davison, J Davison, Ellerby, England, Evison, L Foster, T Foster, Glover, Godfrey, Gosling, Grant, Hannigan, Kataria, Kirk, Longcake, Marper, Mumby-Croft, Ogg, Oldfield, O’Sullivan, Perry, Poole, Baroness Mrs Redfern, Reed, Robinson, Rose, C Sherwood, N Sherwood, K Vickers, P Vickers, Waltham, Wells, and Wilson.

The council met at The Civic Centre, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe.

2395 MAYOR’S REMARKS – The Mayor welcomed fellow councillors, officers and members of the public to the meeting.

The Mayor then referred to the sad death in July 2015 of former Councillor Dick Fordham. Dick had been a member of the former Scunthorpe Borough Council and of North Lincolnshire Council.

The council then observed a minute’s silence in memory of Dick Fordham.

2396 DECLARATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS AND PERSONAL OR PERSONAL AND PREJUDICIAL INTERESTS – Declarations of personal interests were indicated as follows –

Member	Subject/Minute
Councillor M Ali	Hackney Carriage Driver/Licence Holder South Humber Racial Equality Council – Trustee Crosby Community Association – Chair Notice of Motion – Steel
Councillor R Allcock	Isle of Axholme and North Nottinghamshire Water Management Board – Member Environment Agency – Severn Trent Region Regional Flood Defence Committee – Member
Councillor M Armiger	Notice of Motion – Steel
Councillor S Armitage	Notice of Motion – Steel Unite Union – Member
Councillor S Bainbridge	Unite Union – Member
Councillor J Briggs	Humberside Fire Authority – Member North Lincolnshire Homes (Ongo) Communities Board – Member Isle of Axholme and North Nottinghamshire Water Management Board – Member
Councillor P Clark	North East Lindsey Internal Drainage Board – Member Notice of Motion – Steel
Councillor J Collinson	Notice of Motion – Steel Unite Union – Member
Councillor J Davison	Notice of Motion – Steel
Councillor T Ellerby	Scunthorpe and Gainsborough Water Management Board – Member UCATT and GMB Unions – Member
Councillor J England	Scunthorpe and Gainsborough Water Management Board – Member
Councillor J Evison	Notice of Motion – Steel
Councillor L Foster	Notice of Motion – Steel Unite Union – Member
Councillor T Foster	Scunthorpe and Gainsborough Water Management Board – Member Notice of Motion – Steel
Councillor I Glover	Ancholme Internal Drainage Board – Member
Councillor T Gosling	Notice of Motion – Steel Community Union – Member
Councillor M Grant	Notice of Motion – Steel Unite and Community Unions – Member
Councillor R Hannigan	Humberside Police and Crime Panel – Member
Councillor H Kataria	Hackney Carriage Driver/Licence Holder South Humber Racial Equality Council – Member
Councillor M Kirk	Notice of Motion – Steel Community Union – Member
Councillor D Longcake	Notice of Motion – Steel
Councillor E Marper	Notice Motion – Steel
Councillor H Mumby-Croft	Ancholme Internal Drainage Board – Member
Councillor R Ogg	Scunthorpe and Gainsborough Water Management Board – Member
Councillor D Oldfield	Notice of Motion – Steel Licence Holder
Councillor C O’Sullivan	Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS – Foundation Trust – Member
Councillor B Perry	Communities Advice Centre – Member
Councillor N Poole	Scunthorpe and Gainsborough Water Management Board – Member
Councillor Baroness Mrs E Redfern	North Lincolnshire Homes – Member Isle of Axholme and North Nottinghamshire Water Management Board – Member Humber Bridge Board – Member Notice of Motion – Steel
Councillor J Reed	Isle of Axholme and North Nottinghamshire Water Management Board – Member Notice of Motion – Steel
Councillor D Robinson	Isle of Axholme and North Nottinghamshire Water Management Board – Member Notice of Motion – Steel
Councillor D Rose	Isle of Axholme and North Nottinghamshire Water Management Board – Member Campaign for Rural England – Member
Councillor H Rowson	Ancholme Internal Drainage Board – Member
Councillor C Sherwood	Notice of Motion – Steel Ancholme Internal Drainage Board – Member
Councillor N Sherwood	Humberside Fire Authority – Member Ancholme Internal Drainage Board – Member Notice of Motion – Steel
Councillor K Vickers	Notice of Motion – Steel
Councillor P Vickers	Notice of Motion – Steel
Councillor R Waltham	Humberside Fire Authority – Member North Lincolnshire Homes – Member Notice of Motion – Steel
Councillor D Wells	North East Lindsey Internal Drainage Board – Member
Councillor S Wilson	Unite Union – Member

2397 MINUTES – Resolved – That the minutes of the Meeting of the Council held on 15 June 2015, having been printed and circulated amongst the members, be taken as read and correctly recorded and be signed by the Mayor.

The Monitoring Officer confirmed to Council that following a special meeting of the Standards Committee on 6 November 2015 and notwithstanding the declarations made above, all members of the Council were granted a dispensation to fully participate in this motion pursuant to Section 33(c) of the Localism Act 2011.

2398 NOTICE OF MOTION – STEEL –

Moved by Baroness Councillor Mrs Redfern and seconded by Councillor L Foster –

“That this Council, on behalf of local steelworkers, their families and future generations, calls upon the Government to work with the EU and follow in the footsteps of other countries and ban the import of sub-standard and less than the market value steel and steel products. This Council believes the Government should endeavour to provide a level playing field for the manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom.

That this Council embeds fully the Social Value Act which enables the use of UK steel in its procurement policies.

This Council will support workers facing redundancy back into work with training and/or employment opportunities including apprenticeships.

North Lincolnshire Council commits to continue to devote maximum resources to attract economic investment and to promote the aspirations of all individuals seeking to make a contribution to improve the economic wellbeing of North Lincolnshire.

This Council resolves that every Council member will work together, cross party, to sustain the future of steel making in Scunthorpe.”

At the request of members and in accordance with Procedure Rule 1.22(d) the names of members voting for, against and abstaining from the motion are as follows –

FOR: Councillors Ali, Allcock, Armiger, Armitage, Bainbridge, Briggs, Carlile, Clark, Collinson, A Davison, J Davison, Ellerby, England, Evison, L Foster, T Foster, Glover, Godfrey, Gosling, Grant, Hannigan, Kataria, Kirk, Longcake, Marper, Mumby-Croft, Ogg, Oldfield, O’Sullivan, Perry, Poole, Baroness Redfern, Reed, Robinson, Rose, Rowson, C Sherwood, N Sherwood, K Vickers, P Vickers, Waltham, Wells and Wilson.

AGAINST: Nil

ABSTAINING: Nil

Motion Carried Unanimously

At this point the meeting adjourned for a 15 minute break.

2399 QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC (INCLUDING TOWN AND PARISH COUNCILS) –The Leader of the Council referred to the format for full council meetings which enabled members of the public to ask questions. The following members of the public attended the meeting and asked a question of the Leader.
Louise Hammond Question

On behalf of Frack Free Scunthorpe, Frack Free Isle, Frack Free Kirton and the Scunthorpe Anti Austerity Coalition

Councillors will be aware that most of North Lincolnshire, like much of the UK, is now licensed for the extraction of shale gas, commonly known as fracking. There are now likely to be a number of planning applications for fracking in the council’s area in the near future.

Fracking is touted by the industry and by the government as providing a solution to the country’s energy needs and creating a large number of jobs in a new industry. It does neither. Like all fossil fuels, reserves of shale gas are finite and will run out sometime in the next few decades. In the meantime they will become more difficult, more expensive and more dangerous to exploit. And very few jobs are created with, typically, only a handful of jobs on each site once operational. If the government support given to fracking was to be transferred to renewable energy many long term jobs would be created. Indeed jobs in Scunthorpe could be saved by the production of steel for wind turbines.

Like all fossil fuels, shale gas, when burned, gives off greenhouse gases that cause dangerous climate change and fracking has also been known to cause the release of methane, which is 23 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas that Co2. Furthermore it can lead to the contamination of drinking water through the leaking of chemicals used in the process into aquifers. It can also lead to seismic activity, as was seen with the “small” earthquake in Lancashire which led to a moratorium on fracking, which has now without justification been ended.

For these reasons a number of councils including, in this region, Hull, Sheffield and York, have declared bans or moratoriums on the grant of permission for fracking in their areas.

Will this council follow their lead and place the safety of the local environment and of its current and future citizens before the interests of the oil industry and declare North Lincolnshire a Frack Free Zone?

Answer

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Amber Rudd has set out our government’s view that there is a need to explore and develop the nation’s shale gas and oil resources in a safe, sustainable and timely way. We have had no applications for fracking in North Lincolnshire and there is a strong national planning regime in place to control such development. Local Authorities would get consulted on schemes at the exploration, testing(appraisal) and production phases on any proposals for hydrocarbon extraction and be able to decide at each stage whether the application should be allowed. As well as the council numerous other organisations also have important roles to play in deciding whether extraction projects should be allowed for instance the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC),the Environment Agency and the Health and Safety Executive. There is also an understanding that the public will be consulted on any such applications.

The only hydrocarbon proposal that we are currently dealing with is a request about whether seismic surveys in the Epworth, Westwoodside and Haxey area can be carried out as permitted development.

Mr Trevor Jones Question
Since the death of Aylan Kurdi and the shocking image of his body washed up on a Turkish beach, the refugee crisis has not improved. It has, in fact, worsened. Just last week at least 50 people died crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece. People are increasingly at risk fleeing war and privation. With the winter approaching not only will refugees be at greater risk, but the conditions in the prison like camps will become yet more intolerable. David Cameron’s pitiful pledge to bring 20,000 refugees from Syria to the UK over the next five years is clearly not sufficient. With this in mind, will Scunthorpe council now pledge to take in more refugee families than the paltry ten proposed? And will Scunthorpe, alongside other towns in the UK declare itself a refugee friendly town, with a clear commitment to provide proper housing and services to families arriving here? Finally, will Scunthorpe council show real support for the Scunthorpe Supports Refugees Group, by offering practical assistance to those members of the community who are striving to assist those stranded in Europe and arriving in the UK?

Answer

In common with many others I was very much touched by the desperate scenes and the plight of the refugees who are fleeing Syria and Iraq. I agree that this continues to be a major concern and one which we should rightly do everything we can to help. The Government have announced that 20,000 Refugees from Syria will be relocated to the UK and around 1600 of those will be coming to the Yorkshire and Humber Region. North Lincolnshire Council and our Partners have committed to assist with this relocation and discussions are ongoing with the Home Office and Migration Yorkshire around the exact details.

The initial focus will be on bringing those who are most at risk to the UK, including women and children, those with complex medical needs as well as those who have suffered trauma or been tortured. The provision of housing, medical treatment and all the appropriate support required is a key part of the Syrian Refugee Resettlement Programme and North Lincolnshire Council is committed to fully delivering on our commitment to help.

North Lincolnshire has always been proud of our multi-cultural heritage and it continues to be a safe and welcoming community for all who come to settle here. I welcome the offers of support from the community and I will ask the appropriate council officers to make contact with those who wish to assist with the Resettlement Programme and ensure that as a local community we maximise our local response.

2400 (9) CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES– The Director of Policy and Resources submitted a report which referred to the elevation of the Leader of the Council, Councillor Mrs Redfern to become Baroness Redfern of the Isle of Axholme. Baroness Redfern’s role as a member of the House of Lords would necessitate attendance in the House of Lords.

In line, therefore, with the strong leader model of governance which the council adopted some time ago, Baroness Redfern had been elected as Leader of the Council at the Annual Meeting of the Council on 21 May 2015 for a four year period. Baroness Redfern had written to the Chief Executive informing him that she would continue in her role as Leader of the Council for the term of office she had been elected to, but had decided to amend her executive portfolio to reflect the increased time she would be spending on her new responsibilities. With the exception of the devolution agenda which the Leader would continue to lead on, the other executive portfolio duties and responsibilities previously undertaken by the Leader would be allocated to the Deputy Leader of the Council. Attached as an appendix to the report were details of the revised portfolios which would take effect from the date of this meeting. In long established convention, in the absence of the Leader of the Council, the Deputy Leader would carry out the functions of the Leader of the Council.

The report indicated that there were no staffing, property or IT implications associated with the report. However, in relation to the financial implications both the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council received a special responsibilities allowance for undertaking their roles. It had been agreed therefore that the combined special responsibility allowances for the Leader and Deputy Leader should be split equally between the two to reflect the re-allocation of responsibilities as outlined within the report. This adjustment would have no impact on the budget for member allowances which would remain as set by council for the period to 2018/2019.

Moved by Baroness Councillor Redfern and seconded by Councillor Waltham –

“(a) That Baroness Redfern of the Isle of Axholme be congratulated on being made a peer of the realm, and (b) that the proposed arrangements for the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council as set out in the report and appendices be approved and adopted and incorporated into the council’s Constitution.”

Moved by Councillor Gosling and seconded by Councillor Ellerby as an amendment –

“That in light of 900 steelworkers and many more contractors and support staff facing redundancy, and the council’s own staff taking a pay cut/freeze the remuneration package which shows an increase of circa £2,836, which is a 25% increase for the Deputy Leader, be removed from any such proposals.

That the Leader revises the proposed arrangements for the re-distribution of responsibilities so that they are shared among the cabinet.”

At the request of members and in accordance with Procedure Rule 1.22(d) the names of members voting for, against and abstaining from the amendment are as follows –

FOR: Councillors Ali, Armitage, Bainbridge, Carlile, Collinson, A Davison, Ellerby, L Foster, Godfrey, Gosling, Grant, Kataria, Kirk, Oldfield, O’Sullivan, Perry and Wilson.

AGAINST: Councillors Allcock, Armiger, Briggs, Clark, J Davison, England, Evison, T Foster, Glover, Hannigan, Longcake, Marper, Mumby-Croft, Ogg, Poole, Reed, Robinson, Rose, Rowson, C Sherwood, N Sherwood, K Vickers, P Vickers and Wells.

ABSTAINING: Nil

Amendment Lost Motion Carried

2401 (10) GREATER LINCOLNSHIRE DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL – The Chief Executive submitted a report updating council on the progress made on the devolution proposal by the ten local authorities in the Greater Lincolnshire area and to detail the indicative process for the next stages in the devolution programme.

Cabinet received the Greater Lincolnshire Devolution Expression of Interest document at its meeting on 28 September 2015. It endorsed the proposal and noted the future work entailed. Since that meeting there had been extensive work undertaken to develop the expression of interest into a “deal” document. The latest version of the document had been deposited in the political group offices and attached to the report was a summary of the progress to date and proposals on how to take forward the work required if the devolution bid was to be successful. Essentially this was a position statement of where the process had reached and there were continuing discussions at Leader and Chief Executive level of all ten greater Lincolnshire councils involved. Each council had received the attachment for consideration by its full council at their next scheduled meetings.

The report and appendix contained further information about the work being carried out in relation to the devolution matter.

Resolved – (a) That council approves the recommendations detailed on page 5 of the devolution document attached as an appendix to the report, and (b) that further reports be presented to council and cabinet as appropriate as the devolution process develops.

2402 (11) THE COUNCIL TAX SUPPORT SCHEME – The Director of Policy and Resources submitted a report in connection with the Council Tax Support Scheme.

From the start of 2013/2014, Council Tax Benefit (CTB) had been replaced by Council Tax Support (CTS). Council tax benefit could be claimed by households with a low income. It was not paid to the household but instead reduced the amount of council tax they had to pay, with the benefit paid directly to the council. For many low income households this meant they paid no council tax at all. This national scheme had been replaced by local schemes with councils being given more freedom to set their own scheme. Some parameters of the scheme were still set by central government, for example support of pensioners had to be maintained in any new scheme. Further advice had been provided to councils to design schemes which encouraged work and protected the vulnerable. The definition of which groups were deemed to be vulnerable had been left to individual authorities. At the same time, the national funding for the scheme had been reduced by 10% with councils encouraged to make efficiencies. Councils therefore had to decide whether to maintain the existing levels of support and absorb the additional cost or change the level of support for working age claimants. Councils also became responsible for any shortfall or surplus in the council tax support scheme.

In developing the North Lincolnshire Council Tax Support Scheme (CTSS) a number of principles had been adopted which were set out in paragraph 2.4. In addition, before implementing a scheme, the council held a public consultation on the scheme it proposed to implement. It also consulted with the Fire and Police Authorities (now the Police Commissioner) since, as major precepting bodies, changes to the tax base affect the funding they can raise through council tax. It is now proposed that working age claimants should make a minimum contribution of 23% of their council tax liability. There was general support for the scheme proposed in the consultation and the principles on which the scheme had been constructed. In practice, many councils had set a minimum council tax contribution of 8.5% as government offered grant in the first year of the scheme to limit increases. North Lincolnshire Council was one of these authorities. It had continued to operate this scheme for the past three years and had managed to do so as the cost of the scheme was lower than anticipated, collection rates remained high and savings were available in the local welfare budget to offset any shortfall.

Around 70 councils had chosen to maintain the same level of support as under the council tax benefit system and absorb the cost. However, since then the numbers of councils doing this or retaining an 8.5% contribution rate had reduced year on year as detailed in appendix A to the report. Nonetheless, setting a minimum contribution was the most common way in which councils had reduced the cost of the scheme (250 out of 326 billing authorities). The most common rate of contribution was now 20%. In addition, the temporary welfare funding was no longer available to support the scheme at its current level and the challenge of addressing the public sector deficit also meant that the council needed to look at the affordability of the scheme. Increasing the minimum contribution was a key option it could consider in line with the original consultation conducted in 2012.

The report contained further detailed information about the scheme and its implications and indicated that the schemes set up by the four Humber Authorities were very similar. They all included a minimum council tax payment and only Hull had introduced other changes to the scheme. The level of the minimum payment differed between the four councils. Hull had a 20% minimum payment with North East Lincolnshire and East Riding of Yorkshire Council setting a 25% minimum. In the county of Lincolnshire East Lindsey, Boston and South Holland all had a 20% minimum payment and South Kesteven a 20% minimum payment. Introducing other components to the current scheme were possible as outlined within the report.

Resolved – That the Council Tax Support Scheme be amended with an increase in a minimum council tax payment from 8.5% to 23% from 2016/2017.

2403 (12) CALCULATING THE COUNCIL TAX BASE FOR 2016/2017– A report was submitted by the Director of Policy and Resources asking the council to consider the council tax base to be used for each part of the council’s area for formula grant and tax setting purposes. The key points in the report were to note the council tax base, for grant purposes, at 16 October 2015, as submitted to the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG), to set a tax base for setting council tax for the council, local parishes and major precepting authorities and to decide whether to make a payment or grant to parish councils to compensate for the reduction in council tax base, due to the council tax support scheme and on what terms.

The report referred in detail to the council tax support scheme which had been introduced in 2013/2014. It replaced council tax benefit with a discount. The effect of this was to reduce the council tax base and therefore the amount of council tax an area would yield. Central government provided funding to notionally meet 90% of the costs of these changes but government did not have a mechanism to directly reimburse town and parish councils. The funding for these bodies was paid to a higher tier council in the town and parishes area with that higher tier council given full discretion to decide what level of support, if any, it provided to its local parishes. For the past three years North Lincolnshire Council had provided financial support to parish and town councils to offset these losses, subject to certain conditions. It was now necessary for the council to take decisions on whether to continue providing support to parish and town councils and if so whether to vary the conditions imposed previously. For 2016/2017, it was proposed to offer parishes a grant which would ensure they received the same level of funding in 2016/2017 without increasing the Band D council tax. Due to the change to a minimum 23% minimum payment from working age claimants, (see minute 2402 above) the tax base increases so the level of grant was reduced compared to 2014/2015. It was further proposed not to impose any conditions on this offer of grant except that if a parish reduced its Band D council tax it would receive a proportionally reduced amount of grant.

The report contained further detailed information about the tax base for grant purposes and the support to town and parish councils with additional information set out in appendices A, B and C.

Resolved – (a) That the council tax base for the council, parishes and major precepting bodies in 2016/2017, as set out in Appendix B to the report be approved, and (b) that the council continue to provide grant support for parishes as set out in Appendix C and with the conditions as outlined in paragraph 3.11 of the report.

2404 (13) TREASURY MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY REPORT – MID-YEAR REVIEW 2015/2016– The Director of Policy and Resources submitted a report providing a mid-year review of the Treasury Management Strategy approved by council as part of the 2015/2016 budget. The report gave details of progress to date and covered treasury management performance for the seven months between April and October 2015. The report explained how the strategy had been implemented during the first part of the year, the state of the financial markets and the response to changing conditions in those markets.

The report contained detailed information about the investment strategy and the borrowing strategy for 2015/2016 and attached as appendices were comprehensive details about these various issues.

Resolved – That the council notes the mid-year treasury management performance.

2405 (14) DEMENTIA FRIENDLY NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE – The Director of People submitted a report seeking council support for North Lincolnshire becoming a dementia friendly community.

In March 2012, the Department of Health published the ‘Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia.’ This challenge was focussed around three key areas –

Driving improvements in health and care.
Creating dementia friendly communities that understand how to help.
Better research.

The focus on the second area – creating dementia friendly communities – was to promote awareness and accessibility to mainstream services and activities so that people were enabled to live well with dementia for longer. There was particular emphasis for the role of public sector organisations, in particular local authorities. The challenge report committed to achieving sign up by cities, towns and villages to becoming more dementia friendly. The Alzheimer’s Society were the lead organisation in taking ‘creating dementia friendly communities forward’, working with the Dementia Action Alliance to create a formal dementia friendly recognition process.

A dementia friendly community could be described as ‘a city, town or village where people with dementia are understood, respected and supported, are confident they can contribute to community life. In a dementia friendly community people would be aware of and understand dementia and people with dementia will feel included and involved, and have choice and control over their day to day lives.’

The dementia friendly community framework covered a number of domains including the place, the people, the resources, the networks and the person with dementia. It was an important part of the Alzheimer’s Society’s work on dementia friendly communities. Pledging to sign up as a dementia friendly organisation demonstrated a commitment to creating a dementia friendly community. Dementia friends was about giving more people an understanding of dementia and the small things that can make a difference for people with dementia living in their community.

There were many people across the council and its partners who had become dementia friends by undertaking the awareness training session, and also staff who had become dementia champions. Council buildings such as the community well-being hubs had already adopted the requirements for dementia friendly environments as detailed in appendix 2 to the report.

The report contained further information about this matter and the proposal to submit an action plan to the Dementia Alliance as detailed in appendix 1 to the report and commit to North Lincolnshire becoming a dementia friendly community.

Resolved – (a) That members support the council’s pledge to become a dementia friendly organisation and to the submission of the action plan to the Dementia Alliance and commit North Lincolnshire to becoming a dementia friendly community, and (b) that the Leader of the Council write to all town/parish councils in North Lincolnshire to seek their pledge towards creating dementia friendly communities.

2406 PLANNING COMMITTEE – Resolved – That the minutes of the meetings of the Planning Committee held on 3 June, 1 and 29 July, 2 and 23 September 2015 be received with the exception of minute 1666(iii).

2407 APPLICATION 2015/0247 – With regard to excepted portion (a) it was –

Moved by Councillor N Sherwood and seconded by Councillor Allcock –

That the minute be received.

Motion Carried

2408 LICENSING COMMITTEE – Resolved – That the minutes of the meetings of the Licensing Committee held on the 1 and 18 June, 9 July, 11 and 20 August, 17 and 21 September, 1, 8 and 26 October 2015 be received, approved and adopted.

2409 AUDIT COMMITTEE – Resolved – That the minutes of the meetings of the Audit Committee held on 23 June and 22 September 2015 be received.

2410 STANDARDS COMMITTEE – Resolved – That the minutes of the meetings of the Standards Committee held on 14 April and 8 July 2015 be received.

2411 HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARD – Resolved – That the minutes of the meetings of the Health and Wellbeing Board held on 12 March and 16 June 2015 be received.

2412 PLACES SCRUTINY PANEL – Resolved – That the minutes of the meetings of the Places Scrutiny Panel held on 10 June, 2 July and 30 September 2015 be received with the exception of minute 467.

2413 WORK PROGRAMME FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 2015/2016 – With regard to excepted portion (a) it was –

Moved by Councillor Evison and seconded by Councillor Gosling –

That the minute be received.

Motion Carried

2414 PEOPLE SCRUTINY PANEL – Resolved – That the minutes of the meetings of the People Scrutiny Panel held on 23 June, 14 July, 22 September and 13 October 2015 be received with the exception of minute 321.

2415 CHILDHOOD LITERACY – With regard to excepted portion (a) it was –

Moved by Councillor Marper and seconded by Councillor Collinson –

That the minute be received.

Motion Carried

2416 CORPORATE SCRUTINY PANEL – Resolved – That the minutes of the meetings of the Corporate Scrutiny Panel held on 11 June, 2 and 23 July, 10 September and 1 October 2015 be received with the exception of minute 337.

2417 WORK PROGRAMME FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 2015/2016 – With regard to excepted portion (a) it was –

Moved by Councillor Robinson and seconded by Councillor Bainbridge –

That the minute be received.

Motion Carried

2418 HEALTH SCRUTINY PANEL – Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting of the Health Scrutiny Panel held on 1 September 2015 be received with the exception of minute 310.

2419 AMBULANCE RESPONSE TIMES IN NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE – With regard to excepted portion (a) it was –

Moved by Councillor Mumby-Croft and seconded by Councillor Carlile –

That the minute be received.

Motion Carried