To deal with questions in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11
Minutes:
1 Councillor Grahame to the Chair of the Scrutiny Board (Central and Corporate)
Would the Chair of the Central and Corporate Scrutiny Board care to comment on the call in meeting held on April 9th concerning the Budget Action Plan and Staffing Issues?
The Chair of the Scrutiny Board (Central and Corporate) replied
2 Councillor Cleasby to the Executive Member (Learning)
Given recent revelations regarding the funding crisis affecting the Learning and Skills Council nationally what implications does their loss of budget control have for further education in Leeds?
The Executive Member (Learning) replied
3 Councillor Anderson to the Leader of Council
Does the Leader of Council agree that to promote the economic success of the City Centre adequate parking needs to be available?
The Leader of Council replied
4 Councillor Wakefield to the Deputy Leader of Council
Could the Deputy Leader of Council confirm which parties are official members of his administration?
The Executive Member (Children’s Services) replied on behalf of the Deputy Leader of Council
5 Councillor Dowson to the Executive Member (Children’s Services)
Would the Executive Board Member for Children’s Services agree with me that it is important to be accurate and honest with the public?
The Executive Member (Children’s Services) replied
6 Councillor Pryke to the Executive Member (Central and Corporate)
Would the Executive Board member for Central and Corporate agree that introducing individual registration rather than household registration for the electoral roll, would be a major step forward in combating electoral fraud?
The Executive Member (Children’s Services) replied on behalf of the Executive Member (Central and Corporate)
7 Councillor Lobley to the Leader of Council
Would the Leader of Council join me in urging the Government to confirm its commitment to extending high speed rail link proposals to Leeds?
The Leader of Council replied.
8 Councillor J Lewis to the Deputy Leader of Council
Does the Deputy Leader of Council stand by his comments that an important part of good leadership is being a change agent?
The Executive Member (Children’s Services) replied on behalf of the Deputy Leader of Council
9 Councillor Blake to the Executive Member (Central and Corporate)
Can Councillor Brett explain what steps he has taken to reduce wasteful spending since he became Executive Member for the Central and Corporate portfolio?
The Executive Member (Children’s Services) replied on behalf of the Executive Member (Central and Corporate)
10 Councillor Hamilton to the Executive Member (Central and Corporate)
Would the Executive Board member for Central and Corporate care to comment on the key local issues he sees affecting the residents of Leeds at the current time?
The Executive Member (Children’s Services) replied on behalf of the Executive Member (Central and Corporate)
11 Councillor Gruen to the Executive Member (Adult Health and Social Care)
Could the Executive Member for Adult Social Services reassure members of council that the standard of care shown on the BBC’s Panorama programme of April 9th is not the level of care that older people in Leeds experience?
The Executive Member (Adult Health and Social Care) replied.
At the conclusion of Question Time the following questions remained unanswered and it was noted that under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 11.6 written responses would be sent to each member of Council.
12 Councillor Lyons to the Executive Member (Environmental Services)
13 Councillor Lancaster to the Executive Member (Adult Health and Social Care)
14 Councillor Illingworth to the Executive Member (Central and Corporate)
15 Councillor Illingworth to the Executive Member (City Development and Regeneration)
16 Councillor A Taylor to the Executive Member (City Development and Regeneration)
17 Councillor Downes to the Executive Member (Environmental Services)