To appoint Councillors to serve on the following outside bodies:-
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester Transport Committee
Greater Manchester Waste & Recycling Committee
Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Greater Manchester Pension Fund Management Panel
Greater Manchester Health Scrutiny Committee
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Joint Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Greater Manchester Scrutiny Committees
Corporate Issues & Reform
Economy, Business & Skills
Housing, Planning & Environment
Minutes:
With the consent of the meeting, it was agreed that items 19, 20 and 21 be taken together as the motion that was due to moved by the Conservative Group proposed to deal with all three items collectively.
It was then
MOVED AND SECONDED – (1) That the Council Meeting give approval to the establishment of Scrutiny Committees, the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee, Ordinary Committees, Area Committees, Working Parties and other Member bodies and their associated terms of reference as detailed in the schedule published with the Summons.
(2) That the Council Meeting be recommended to give approval to the appointment of Chairs and Vice-Chairs of Ordinary and Scrutiny Committees in accordance with the principles outlined in the document entitled “Conservative Group Proposal 2021”.
(3) That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive to give approval to the composition of Scrutiny Committees, the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee, Ordinary Committees, Area Committees, Working Parties, other Member bodies, appointments to Outside Bodies and the names of the Chairs and Vice-Chairs in accordance with:-
(i) the approved allocation of places on committees in accordance with the proportionality rules;
(ii) the expressed wishes of the political group entitled to fill those positions; and
(iii) the schedule of political groups entitled to occupy the positions of Chair and Vice-Chair approved by the Council Meeting under resolution (2).
AMENDMENT MOVED AND SECONDED - That all of the content before the heading “Scrutiny Committees” be deleted and replace with:
“The Informal Council Meeting was held last week specifically to discuss any matters going to the Annual Council Meeting about which there may be disagreement, as required by the Constitution.
Council Meeting Procedure Rule 1.2 specifically states:
“In the event that it appears likely that disagreement about any business to be transacted would cause political debate at the Annual Council Meeting, an informal Council Meeting will be convened before the Annual Council Meeting. The decisions of the informal meeting will be reported to the Annual Council Meeting and ratified without debate.”
Agreement about changes to the established allocation of Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs should have happened either before or at the Informal Council Meeting, and it is now too late to make changes.
There are 26 members of the Liberal Democrat Group and and 8 members of the Conservative Group, as has been the case for the past two years.
In the same interests of stability and continuity mentioned in the Informal Council Meeting last week which resulted in the Conservative-supported Labour administration remaining in office, the allocation of Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs should remain allocated to the Groups as they were in 2020/21.“
In the schedule of Scrutiny Committee places, change CRMG and Economy & Regeneration back to Liberal Democrat Chair and Conservative Vice Chair.
In section 2 of the resolution insert the words “Liberal Democrat amendment to” before the words “Conservative Group Proposal 2021”.
For the amendment 26, against 30 , abstentions 1.
AMENDMENT NOT CARRIED
A named vote was requested in relation to the voting on this amendment, and the voting was recorded as follows:-
The councillors who voted for the amendment were:-
Councillors Shan Alexander, Malcolm Allan, Lou Ankers, Paul Ankers, Grace Baynham, Angie Clark, Stuart Corris, Will Dawson, Helen Foster-Grime, Chris Gordon, Graham Greenhalgh, Steve Gribbon, Oliver Harrison, Keith Holloway, Mark Hunter, Jilly Julian, Gary Lawson, Colin MacAlister, Wendy Meikle, Iain Roberts, Mark Roberts, Becky Senior, Lisa Smart, Aron Thornley, Sue Thorpe and Suzanne Wyatt.
The councillors who voted against the amendment were:-
The Deputy Mayor (Councillor David Wilson); Councillors Brian Bagnall, Sheila Bailey, Kate Butler, Laura Clingan, Becky Crawford, Dickie Davies, Roy Driver, Colin Foster, Linda Holt, Mike Hurleston, Oliver Johnstone, John McGahan, Tom McGee, David Meller, Janet Mobbs, Amanda Peers, Dena Ryness, David Sedgwick, Andy Sorton, Charlie Stewart, John Taylor, Alanna Vine, Lisa Walker, Kerry Waters, Jude Wells, Elise Wilson, John Wright and Matt Wynne.
The councillor who abstained was Councillor Carole McCann.
The original motion was then put to the vote and it was
RESOLVED – (30 for, 26 against, 1 abstention)
A named vote was requested in relation to the voting on this motion, and the voting was recorded as follows:-
The councillors who voted for the motion were:-
The Deputy Mayor (Councillor David Wilson); Councillors Brian Bagnall, Sheila Bailey, Kate Butler, Laura Clingan, Becky Crawford, Dickie Davies, Roy Driver, Colin Foster, Linda Holt, Mike Hurleston, Oliver Johnstone, John McGahan, Tom McGee, David Meller, Janet Mobbs, Amanda Peers, Dena Ryness, David Sedgwick, Andy Sorton, Charlie Stewart, John Taylor, Alanna Vine, Lisa Walker, Kerry Waters, Jude Wells, Elise Wilson, John Wright and Matt Wynne.
The councillors who voted against the motion were:-
Councillors Shan Alexander, Malcolm Allan, Lou Ankers, Paul Ankers, Grace Baynham, Angie Clark, Stuart Corris, Will Dawson, Helen Foster-Grime, Chris Gordon, Graham Greenhalgh, Steve Gribbon, Oliver Harrison, Keith Holloway, Mark Hunter, Jilly Julian, Gary Lawson, Colin MacAlister, Wendy Meikle, Iain Roberts, Mark Roberts, Becky Senior, Lisa Smart, Aron Thornley, Sue Thorpe and Suzanne Wyatt.
The councillor who abstained was Councillor Carole McCann.