Agenda item

MOTIONS

The following Motions have been notified in accordance with the requirements of Council Procedure Rule 15, to be moved and seconded by the Members indicated:

“Accessible London Underground stations Motion

To be moved by Councillor Krishna Suresh and seconded by Councillor Sue Anderson:

This Council notes:

· We would like to support the initiative of the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to improve accessibility at Harrow on the Hill station as part of his £200m investment in improving step-free access on the London Underground over the next five years;

· Over 10.6 million journeys per year are made to and from Harrow on the Hill station on the Metropolitan line;

· Over 4 million journeys per year are made to and from Rayners Lane station on the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines;

This Council believes:

· Improving accessibility at Rayners Lane station would enable even more Harrow residents and visitors to Harrow to travel independently, making travelling easier for a large number of people, especially those who are older, disabled or travelling with children in pushchairs;

This Council resolves:

To write to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and to the Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, the Secretary of State for Transport, to pledge our support towards making Rayners Lane station accessible”.

“NJC pay Motion

To be moved by Councillor Kiran Ramchandani and seconded by Councillor Sachin Shah:

Harrow Council notes that:

· NJC basic pay has fallen by 21% since 2010 in real terms;

· NJC workers had a three-year pay freeze from 2010 to 2012;

· Local terms and conditions of many NJC employees have also been cut, impacting on their overall earnings;

· NJC pay is the lowest in the public sector;

· Job evaluated pay structure are being squeezed and distorted by bottom-loaded NJC pay settlements needed to reflect the increased National Living Wage and the Foundation Living Wage;

· There are growing equal and fair pay risks resulting from this situation.

This council therefore supports the NJC pay claim for 2018, submitted by UNISON, GMB and Unite on behalf of council and school workers and calls for the immediate end of the public sector pay restraint. NJC pay cannot be allowed to fall further behind other parts of the public sector. This council also welcomes the joint review of the NJC pay spine to remedy the turbulence caused by bottom-loaded pay settlements.

This council also notes the drastic ongoing cuts to local government funding and calls on the Government to provide additional funding to fund a decent pay rise for NJC employees and the pay spine review.

This council therefore resolves to:

· Call immediately on the LGA to make urgent representations to Government to fund the NJC claim and the pay spine review and notify us of their action in this regard

· Write to the Prime Minister and Chancellor supporting the NJC pay claim and seeking additional funding to fund a decent pay rise and the pay spine review

· Meet with local NJC union representatives to convey support for the pay claim and the pay spine review.”

“Making the next census count for our Armed Forces community Motion

To be moved by Councillor Sachin Shah and seconded by Councillor Sue Anderson:

This council notes:

1. The obligations it owes to the Armed Forces community within Harrow as enshrined in the Armed Forces Covenant; that the Armed Forces community should not face disadvantage in the provision of services and that special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given the most.

2. The absence of definitive and comprehensive statistics on the size or demographics of the Armed Forces community within Harrow. This includes serving Regular and Reserve personnel, veterans, and their families.

3. That the availability of such data would greatly assist the council, local partner agencies, the voluntary sector, and national Government in the planning and provision of services to address the unique needs of the Armed Forces community within Harrow.

In light of the above, this council moves to support and promote The Royal British Legion’s call to include a new topic in the 2021 census that concerns military service and membership of the Armed Forces community. We further call upon the UK Parliament, which will approve the final census questionnaire through legislation in 2019, to ensure that the 2021 census includes questions concerning our Armed Forces community.”

Minutes:

1. Motion in the names of Councillor Krishna Suresh and Councillor Sue Anderson. The tabled amendment was voted upon and was carried:

“Accessible London Underground Stations Motion

This Council notes:

· Over 10.6 million journeys per year are made to and from Harrow on the Hill station on the Metropolitan line;

· Over 4 million journeys per year are made to and from Rayners Lane station on the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines.

This Council believes:

· Improving accessibility at all train stations within the London Borough of Harrow and the three train stations immediately on the Borough’s border (Kenton, Northwick Park and Queensbury)would enable even more Harrow residents and visitors to Harrow to travel independently, making travelling easier for a large number of people, especially those who are older, disabled or travelling with children in pushchairs.

This Council resolves:

· To write to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and to the Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, the Secretary of State for Transport, to pledge our support towards making Canons Park station, Hatch End station, Headstone Lane station, Kenton station, Northolt Park station, North Harrow station, Northwick Park station, Queensbury station, Rayners Lane station South Harrow station, Sudbury Hill station, Sudbury Hill railway station and West Harrow station accessible.”

Upon a vote, the Motion was agreed.

RESOLVED: That the Motion set out at (i) above be adopted.

2. Motion in the names of Councillor Sachin Shah and Councillor Sue Anderson:

“Making the next census count for our Armed Forces community Motion

This council notes:

Upon a vote, the Motion was agreed.

RESOLVED: That the Motion set out at (ii) above be adopted.

3. Urgent Motion in the names of Councillor Paul Osborn and Councillor Barry Macleod-Cullinane. The Tabled amendment was voted upon and was carried:

“Urgent Motion:

Call for further consultation on the closure of Harrow’s Police Stations and Safer Neighbourhood team bases

This Council notes that:

· The Government made cuts to the Metropolitan Police of up to £1 billion. In Harrow, we currently have 316 police officers and 24 PCSOs, a reduction of 93 from the peak of 409 officers in September 2010 and 98 fewer PCSOs from the peak of 122 in July 2009.

· Closure of stations and team bases will mean that officers will spend more time travelling to and from their beat, reducing police presence just as violent crime is on the rise in Harrow.

· Policing is an extremely important issue for the residents of Harrow and increasingly so, with a significant rise in knife crime and other violent crime, reinforcing our residents’ justified fear of crime.

This Council believes that:

· Any decision on how to provide policing for Harrow should be taken seriously, with full public consultation, to ensure our Borough’s policing needs are properly met.

· Harrow should be a place where everyone feels safe and that we should all endeavour to make it a safer place. The Mayor of London, in his role as our elected Police and Crime Commissioner, is acting to improve policing, tackle crime and make Harrow safer.

This Council resolves to:

· Work more closely with the police and safer neighbourhood teams to ensure that residents feel safe and seek to keep Harrow’s police stations and Safer Neighbourhood team bases open.

· Call on the Government to take policing seriously and fund the Metropolitan Police appropriately.”

Upon a vote, the Motion was agreed.

RESOLVED (Unanimously): That the Motion set out at (iii) above be adopted.

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