Agenda item

Questions

To deal with questions in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11.

Minutes:

1)  Councillor Lyons to the Executive Member (Environmental Services)

 

Can the Executive Board Member for Environmental Services please tell me where his Administration plan to site their proposed incinerator?

 

The Executive Member (Environmental Services) replied.

 

2)  Councillor Hamilton to the Executive Member (Environmental Services)

 

Would the Executive Member for Environmental Services indicate the cost to the Council of sending domestic waste to landfill in 2008/09?

 

The Executive Member (Environmental Services) replied.

 

3)  Councillor Bale to the Deputy Leader of Council

 

Would the Deputy Leader of Council like to share his views on the recent media coverage casting doubt on the proposed kidney dialysis unit for the LGI?

 

The Deputy Leader of Council replied.

 

4)  Councillor J Lewis to the Leader of Council

 

Does the Leader of Council agree with me that transparency is an important part of the Council’s communication with the public?

 

The Leader of Council replied.

 

5)  Councillor A Blackburn to the Executive Member (Environmental Services)

 

Can the Executive Member for Environmental Services explain why the 'Waste Solution for Leeds' is now going to take waste from neighbouring authorities as well as commercial waste from Leeds?

 

The Executive Member (Environmental Services) replied.

 

6)  Councillor Iqbal to the Executive Member (Environmental Services)

 

Can the Executive Board Member for Environmental Services confirm that the highest possible standards in health and cleanliness are being observed in his Department?

 

The Executive Member (Environmental Services) replied.

 

7)  Councillor Ewens to the Leader of Council

 

Would the Leader of Council comment on the proposals to promote a Year of Volunteering in Leeds in 2010?

 

The Leader of Council replied.

 

8)  Councillor Anderson to the Executive Member (Development and Regeneration)

 

Does the Executive Member for City Development & Regeneration know if the Government has agreed the financial support package submitted by Yorkshire Forward as a contribution towards the Leeds Arena Project?

 

The Executive Member (Development and Regeneration) replied.

 

9)  Councillor Renshaw to the Leader of Council

 

Will the Leader of Council confirm his commitment to health equality across the city?

 

The Leader of Council replied.

 

10)  Councillor Beverley to the Leader of Council

 

Can the Leader of Council please comment on the recent admission by Gordon Brown that his government's housing policies discriminate against the ethnic English population of this country, and his claim that this will be corrected so that immigrants and asylum seekers will no longer be put to the front of the housing queue, and can he tell us what implications this will have for the housing policies of Leeds City Council?

 

The Leader of Council replied.

 

11)  Councillor Jarosz to the Leader of Council

 

Can the Leader of Council reiterate the importance of effective fiscal management with the Council, particularly given the current economic circumstances?

 

The Leader of Council 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 Cleasby to the Leader of Council

 

13)  Councillor Andrew to the Executive Member (Development and Regeneration)

 

14)  Councillor Harington to the Executive Member (Environmental Services)

 

15)  Councillor Bentley to the Executive Member (Children’s Services)

 

16)  Councillor J McKenna to the Leader of Council

 

17)  Councillor Lancaster to the Executive Member (Learning)

 

18)  Councillor Illingworth to the Leader of Council

 

19)  Councillor Pryke to the Executive Member (Learning)

 

20)  Councillor Chapman to the Leader of Council

 

21)  Councillor Townsley to the Leader of Council

 

22)  Councillor Hollingsworth to the Executive Member (Adult Health and Social Care)