Agenda

To approve the minutes of the Council Meeting held on 22^nd February 2023.

To disclose or draw attention to any interests in accordance with Leeds City Council’s ‘Councillor Code of Conduct’.

To receive such communications as the Lord Mayor, the Leader,  Members of the Executive Board or the Chief Executive consider appropriate.

To receive deputations in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10.

To consider the report of the City Solicitor on appointments.

To consider the report of the Chief Officer Elections and Regulatory presenting to Council the annual report of Entertainment Licensing and Taxi and Private Hire Licensing.

To consider the report of the City Solicitor presenting to Full Council the annual report of the Chair of the Standards and Conduct Committee  relating to matters within the committees terms of reference.

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

To receive the minutes in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 2.2(i).

This Council formally recognises the publication of the Leeds Safeguarding Children’s Partnership Child Safeguarding Practice Review - “Ruby” (www.leedsscp.org.uk/ruby).

Council believes there should be no circumstances in which convicted child sex offenders are given custody of a child and calls on the Executive Member for Adult and Children’s Social Care and Health Partnerships to bring an urgent report to Executive Board setting out what actions the Council can take to help ensure no child in Leeds is placed into the care of a convicted child sex offender again. 

This Council notes that a 100% Council Tax Premium applied to second homes in the Leeds City Council area would currently raise £3 million annually. Council calls upon the ruling administration to make the necessary arrangements to make this change happen at the soonest possible date to better safeguard Leeds residents from future cuts to public services.

* In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 12.3(b) the member submitting the motion shall ask leave of Council to introduce the motion.  

This Council is concerned at the obscene profits recently announced by energy companies during a cost of living crisis when average annual energy costs for Leeds residents have increased by around £1000 since 2019.

Council is further concerned this comes at a time when the Government is ending the energy bill support scheme, further increasing pressures on household budgets for families in Leeds during the cost of living crisis.

This council has supported a network of Warm Spaces to mitigate the impact of this national crisis, which we know has been a vital service for people this winter. However, this should never have been necessary, because people deserve to be able to heat their own homes.

Council calls on the Government to extend the windfall tax on energy companies and use the funding to freeze energy bills now and provide further support for households in Leeds struggling in the cost of living crisis. Council further calls on the Government to move to publicly owned clean energy provision for the future.