Agenda item

This Council values the contribution of Youth Services to improving the life chances of young people and calls on the Government to place Youth Services on a statutory footing and provide dedicated funding to secure that provision.

 

It was moved by Councillor Mulherin, seconded by Councillor Scopes that this Council values the contribution of Youth Services to improving the life chances of young people and calls on the Government to place Youth Services on a statutory footing and provide dedicated funding to secure that provision.

 

An amendment was moved by Councillor Dobson, seconded by Councillor Field;

 

 Add the following paragraph to the end of the white paper:

 

“In turn, Council will undertake a comprehensive review to ensure that all wards of the city are properly and fairly funded with all areas being re-assessed to ensure that no young person is left behind.”

 

The amended white paper would thus read:

 

This Council values the contribution of Youth Services to improving the life chances of young people and calls on the Government to place Youth Services on a statutory footing and provide dedicated funding to secure that provision.

 

In turn, Council will undertake a comprehensive review to ensure that all wards of the city are properly and fairly funded with all areas being re-assessed to ensure that no young person is left behind.

 

A second amendment was moved by Councillor Lay, seconded by Councillor J Bentley;

 

insert after “people” in the first sentence:

 

“and regrets current funding prevents the City doing more,”

 

The white paper would read:

 

This Council values the contribution of Youth Services to improve the life chances of young people and regrets current funding prevents the City doing more, and calls on the Government to place Youth Services on a statutory footing and provide dedicated funding to secure that provision.

 

A third amendment was moved by Councillor Cohen, seconded by Councillor Lamb 

 

Delete all after: ‘This Council’ and replace with:

 

“notes recent Government investment in initiatives to support young people such as the Early Intervention Youth Fund, continued funding of the Troubled Families Programme and the Youth Endowment Fund.

 

“Council notes the funding reductions experienced by local authorities in recent years and the reasons for those reductions and further notes that local Councils have the flexibility to choose how they spend their own resources.

 

“Council values the contribution of Youth Services to improving the life chances of young people in Leeds and calls for a review of Youth Services in Leeds, to include making Youth Activity Funding eligible for capital expenditure, to ensure that funding is being spent as effectively as possible and is delivering the services that young people in Leeds need.”

 

The amendments in the name of Councillor Dobson, Councillor Lay and Councillor Cohen were declared lost and upon being put to the vote it was

 

RESOLVED – That this Council values the contribution of Youth Services to improving the life chances of young people and calls on the Government to place Youth Services on a statutory footing and provide dedicated funding to secure that provision.

 

On the requisition of Councillors Mulherin and Dowson the voting on the amendment in the name of Councillor Dobson was recorded as follows;

 

YES – 15

 

Bentley, A Blackburn, D Blackburn, Campbell, Dobson, Downes, Elliott, Field, Golton, C Harrison, Hutchison, Kidger, Lay, Leadley and McCormack.

 

NO – 59

 

Akhtar, Almas, Arif, Bithell, Blake, Brooks, Bruce, Carlill, Charlwood, Coupar, Dowson,  Drinkwater, Dye, Gabriel, Garner, Garthwaite, M Gibson, J Gibson, Goddard, P Grahame, R Grahame, Groves, C Gruen, P Gruen, Hamilton, Harland, Hayden, Heselwood, Hussain, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jenkins, Khan, Knight,  Lennox,  J Lewis, R Lewis, Lowe, Lyons, Maqsood, McKenna, Mulherin,  Nash, Pryor, Rafique, Ragan, Renshaw, Ritchie, Scopes, Shahzad, Smart, E Taylor,  Truswell, Tunnicliffe, Venner, Wakefield, Walshaw, Wenham and Wray.

 

ABSTAIN – 17

 

B Anderson, C Anderson, Buckley, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Collins, Firth, Flynn, Harrand, Harrington, Lamb, P Latty, Robinson, Seary, J Taylor and Wadsworth

 

On the requisition of Councillors Mulherin and Dowson the voting on the amendment in the name of Councillor Lay was recorded as follows;

 

YES – 11

 

Bentley, A Blackburn, D Blackburn, Campbell, Dobson, Downes, Field, Golton, C Harrison, Lay, and McCormack.

 

 

 

NO – 65

 

Akhtar, Almas, Arif, Bithell, Blake, Brooks, Bruce, Carlill, Amanda Carter , Charlwood, Coupar, Dowson,  Drinkwater, Dye, Elliott, Gabriel, Garner, Garthwaite, M Gibson, J Gibson, Goddard, P Grahame, R Grahame, Groves, C Gruen, P Gruen, Hamilton, Harland, Hayden, Heselwood, Hussain, Hutchison, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jenkins, Khan, Kidger, Knight,  Leadley, Lennox,  J Lewis, R Lewis, Lowe, Lyons, Maqsood, McKenna, Mulherin,  Nash, Pryor, Rafique, Ragan, Renshaw, Ritchie, Robinson, Scopes, Shahzad, Smart, E Taylor,  Truswell, Tunnicliffe, Venner, Wakefield, Walshaw, Wenham and Wray.

 

ABSTAIN – 15

 

B Anderson, C Anderson, Buckley, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Collins, Firth, Flynn, Harrand, Harrington, Lamb, P Latty, Seary, J Taylor and Wadsworth

 

 

On the requisition of Councillors Mulherin and Dowson the voting on the amendment in the name of Councillor Cohen was recorded as follows;

 

 

YES – 17

 

B Anderson, C Anderson, Buckley, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Collins, Firth, Flynn, Harrand, Harrington, Lamb, P Latty, Robinson, Seary, J Taylor and Wadsworth

 

NO – 74

 

Akhtar, Almas, Arif, Bentley, Bithell, A Blackburn, D Blackburn, Blake, Brooks, Bruce, Campbell, Carlill, Charlwood, Coupar, Dobson, Downes, Dowson,  Drinkwater, Dye, Elliott, Field, Gabriel, Garner, Garthwaite, M Gibson, J Gibson, Goddard, Golton, P Grahame, R Grahame, Groves, C Gruen, P Gruen, Hamilton, Harland, C Harrison,  Hayden, Heselwood, Hussain, Hutchison, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jenkins, Khan, Kidger, Knight, Lay,  Leadley, Lennox,  J Lewis, R Lewis, Lowe, Lyons, Maqsood, McCormack, McKenna, Mulherin,  Nash, Pryor, Rafique, Ragan, Renshaw, Ritchie, Scopes, Shahzad, Smart, E Taylor,  Truswell, Tunnicliffe, Venner, Wakefield, Walshaw, Wenham and Wray.

 

ABSTAIN – 0

 

On the requisition of Councillors Mulherin and Dowson the voting on the motion in the name of Councillor Mulherin was recorded as follows;

 

YES – 74

 

Akhtar, Almas, Arif, Bentley, Bithell, A Blackburn, D Blackburn, Blake, Brooks, Bruce, Campbell, Carlill, Charlwood, Coupar, Dobson, Downes, Dowson,  Drinkwater, Dye, Elliott, Field, Gabriel, Garner, Garthwaite, M Gibson, J Gibson, Goddard, Golton, P Grahame, R Grahame, Groves, C Gruen, P Gruen, Hamilton, Harland, C Harrison,  Hayden, Heselwood, Hussain, Hutchison, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jenkins, Khan, Kidger, Knight, Lay,  Leadley, Lennox,  J Lewis, R Lewis, Lowe, Lyons, Maqsood, McCormack, McKenna, Mulherin,  Nash, Pryor, Rafique, Ragan, Renshaw, Ritchie, Scopes, Shahzad, Smart, E Taylor,  Truswell, Tunnicliffe, Venner, Wakefield, Walshaw, Wenham and Wray.

 

NO – 0

 

ABSTAIN – 17

 

B Anderson, C Anderson, Buckley, Amanda Carter, Andrew Carter, Cohen, Collins, Firth, Flynn, Harrand, Harrington, Lamb, P Latty, Robinson, Seary, J Taylor and Wadsworth