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>> HTH Room 104 – Council Chambers: Thank you. Good evening and welcome. I’d like to welcome you all this evening to this evening’s Council meetings and to extend special, welcome to the public present in the chambers. S of the public who are watching online. Before we begin, the form of procedures of the evening, I have a few housekeeping announcements. If members are not signed in, please do so, and please sign out, if you leave before the end of the meeting, When speaking please ensure you speak into the microphone so that you’re picked up on the live stream. Please turn your mobile phone to silent or off. So the proceedings are not interrupted. There are no plan fire alarms this evening. So please in the event of a fire alarm, sounding, please remain seated until you’re you’ll be scorted to the nearest exit. man female prayer rooms are available on the ground floor in room 63 and 58 are now turn to item just number two, Policies for absence. Apologies to accidents have been received from. Cancer, Agero, or Gomorrah Kennedy, Mahima Rathbone Gooch Lynch Lost Mackenzie and Adebayo. I’ve also received apologies for lightness from Cancer’s Hayhurst and Charlton. Cancer, atoms. Are there any other apologies? Yes, but I’m Speaker Councilor Samachar, and counselor Wiz khali. Thank you. Can understand Burger. Are there any politics from the conservative group? Thank you very much. Are there any apologies for many other group? Okay, thank you very much. That’s Smith. Apologies from Castle Lufkin. Castle of Lufkin. Thank you. Agenda item free speakers announcements. Since the last council Mitchell in July, it’s been my privilege to attend many civic and community events highlights and have included citizenship ceremy’s where reception and briefly flying to mark, BJ. Very civic services and community groups. Open days into Boudoir, Dalston. Dublin Fields and Kingsmetry and also physicians Shawn Rhino, Open Day. They all do an open. Oh, a wonderful job in supporting their local criminalities. Please let any organization that you are involved with know that if I or the deputy or happy to visit them. For those running the shortest 10K. For the speakers charities this weekend. Thank you very much and I hope you’ve got your sponsorship around. I’m hosting the Hackney Silver Sunday intergenerational event on the first of October, which will be held at some Mary Secret Garden in Hagerstown It’s an inch generational event with poetry games. Music t&k. As the office hasn’t sent out the invitational whether they will do. But please attend, everybody is welcome. Local Democracy Week is in October, with special event for young people here in the chamber. S at the town, hall and votes. When the first of October. So November I’ll be holding. A hosted Byron White fundraising activities day for my charities. Please get involved. They’ll be sponsorship activities such as runs. Well cycling and free swimming at the two special leisure centers. I’ll be hosting a charity quiz. At the Concord Youth Hub in Keynes me by on the of December. And he’s particularly bit, Hackney’s participating in the London, Parade or New Year’s Day, 2025 all those on the happy float will be wearing matching T-shirts and we were running an art competition for young people to create the Hackney T-shirt design. And the style of an emblem based on the hackney fame of inclusivity. To express interest or emotion about any of these events, please contact my office. Okay, thank you. Moving on. Are there any decorations of interests? King, no decorations of interest. Agenda item for the minutes of the previous meeting. Before we consider this item, I’d like. To note that the draft minutes of this meeting was set, like it’s great whips in advance of this meeting. The land of time progressions. I understand that paper copies were placed in the pigeon house or some members, with that said, kind of minutes and previous meeting held on the 21st of July. Please be agreed as a true record of the accurate record of the proceedings. Turn. Next item. The lecture May statement Mayor Woodley? Would you like to make a statement to the Council? You have no more than eight minutes. Thank you. Madam Speaker. I would like to open by acknowledging. How distressing the so-called free speech rally that took place over the weekend will have been for many residents in Hackney and everyone gathered here this evening, I remember have had the chance to see the statements of reassurance that the chief executive and I have published affirming. That Hackney is no place for hate. Plus the rally brought division and an alarming wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric in Hackney. We do things differently and I’m sure we’re all glad to see the mayor of London. Sadiq can’t stay sharing his loved and wanted in London message which talks about our city as a place of welcome and belonging just as we talk about our borough in the same way. I recognize that many communities across our borough, maybe, feeling anxious, and afraid. And hackney. We celebrate all faiths and communities that have made arbor of their home and come together to stand against hate in all its forms. We remain committed to making Hackney a borough a sanctuary. Hackney at its best is about connection inclusion and community and this is the message. We need to see rolling out across the country. Madam Speaker regarding Gaza. Yesterday, the UN Independent Commission concluded that Israel has committed genocide against the Palestinian people, according to criteria set out in the Genocide Convention. I will continue to press our Foreign Office to do all they can to end this. To work with our allies to impose sanctions and arms embargo. And displacement and loss of territory, release hostages and recognize the state of Palestine. Madam Speaker many in. This room will have seen news of the inspiring new mural in Hoxton Street called at home. By the artist Muhammad said Rahman, this mural draws on a tradition of peace murals and was designed after a period of community engagement between Hoxton Pierre, Ambassadors, a group of Hackney young people, aged 17 to 25 working with the Peer Gallery, and Hoxton residents market stall holders and Sharon’s. It’s a reminder of the importance of a good safe place to live for us all Creating safe homes and tackling the housing crisis remains, one of the greatest challenges we have here and most urgent priorities for me as mayor. In Hoxton alone, though, we’ve we’ve kicked started. Three Council housing projects as part of our commitment to build 1,000, new Social Rent, Council homes, across the borough. We’ve also launched our housing improvement plan committing to better managing our Council housing stock to ensure residents have improved access to repair services. And we’ve encouraged renters to have their say and regulate road, landlords for our landlord licensing, scheme, consultation, and engage with government on the national planning framework. But I’m speaker, I’d like to pay testament to the work of counselors offices and voluntary community sexual organizations in transforming hackney into a livable. and sustainable neighborhood. A commitment, the Council has strive to fulfill since 1970s, Last week, I opened the Hackney and City of London walking wheeling and cycling Conference, which originally began as a hackney cycling conference here. In Alberta 13 years ago. The conference champions projects and research that aim to remove barriers to active travel. And last year, I asked that wheeling be added to the conference title and agenda. And it was great to see representatives from wheels for wellbeing well-being. Oh, thank you for protecting the Mace. Madam Speaker. As I was saying the conference champions projects and research that aim to remove barriers to active travel. and when I asked that wheeling be added to the conference title and agenda, there was concern about whether that would be a phrase that would stick, but it was very important to me and it was great to see those representatives from wheels for well-being and other disability advocacy groups join me in London’s own cycling. Commissioner Will Norman in a packed program of talks and discussions, We’ve worked in partnership with the mayor of London and transport for London to open cycle networks, across the borough. And nationally we’re leading the way on accessible sustainable transport. We’ve created the UK’s, largest School Streets program. We’re rolling out, one of the most comprehensive public networks of EV charging points in the country. We’ve worked up three new proposals for Liverpool neighborhoods. Lowering our emissions, and improving our air quality. and cumulatively these actions have led to almost 90% of journeys and hackney being made by walking cycling or public transport. These measures along with our pioneering energy fund mean, hackney is leading councils across the UK to prioritize, sustainability, and tackling the climate emergency, ultimately benefiting the planet and residence pockets. Our climate implementation plan on the agenda, tonight is a testament to our delivery. We’ll also be hearing a deputy on the Plant-based Food, Treaty food, systems are a major driver of the climate crisis, contributing to land, use change and biodiversity loss. I’m looking forward to hearing colleagues debate this during the course of our meeting and hearing how this treaty can help change attitudes to food consumption here in Hackney, Climate justice is social justice and tackling the climate crisis. Underpins work of this entire council. Madam Speaker tonight will be debating a motion calling to end the two child Benefit Cap a policy introduced by the Conservative government. 43% of children and one-third of all households, in hackney currently live below the poverty line. I’ve been clear with ministers that the two child benefit cap is not a policy that I can support. In hackney, we will always look to support the most vulnerable and take action through our poverty reduction framework. The Council directly helps families to maximize their income for our here to help service. We also use over five million of household support fund to support families. In need through holiday food provision, budgeting support and assistance with rent. Arrears, whilst these measures help charge those in desperate need and provide stability for families struggling to cope. They do not address the systemic Greek causes of poverty through my London. Council’s role. I have lobbied ministers, and I’m committed to continuing this advocacy work with the new lead of the child Poverty Task Force. in a week where we’ve seen senior conservatives defect a reform, it’s important to remember that. It’s the Labor Party, not the Tories, and certainly not reform that has always been the party committed to lifting people out of poverty. I look forward to hearing colleague, share their thoughts on the two child benefit, capturing the course of our debate. Like the people of this borough, I want to make Hackney even better. With 19 million pounds worth of funding from central government. We are busy delivering Hackney Central’s Town Center strategy with accessibility place making a pedestrian, safety at the heart, plans to transform the area. Will also be reimagining, happy central in the People’s Square directly in front of Hackney Town, Hall guided by the principles of Community Safety Heritage sustainability, and accessibility and its civic role at the heart of the borough, a borough where 89 languages are spoken where we want everyone to feel welcome. And to feel that all important sense of belonging Adam Speaker was, I recognize there is more work to be done. I’ve never been more ambitious or more Determined about what we can deliver in Hackney Hackney is a community that speaks up. It’s creative forward, thinking, diverse collaborative, ambitious and neighborly. Is a home to people from all walks of life who found a place to belong in our borough, a labor-led burra the place we call home, thank you. thank you, May would like And that was perfect to time. Right. Does someone from Conservative group? Want to respond. You have free minutes. Thank you. Madam Speaker. You love the time? I know won’t be more than three minutes. I wanted to start off with, we keep on talking, how worried how Friendly this power is, well, I don’t seem to be hearing this from in the pathway, I live. I mean, our community other communities are very worried with different policies, especially the housing policy where people try to get onto the housing list. And for six months, they don’t even hear mock nothing. And then when they do here, they get this seven day where they have to straight away respond, they won’t be given even a day more. So there’s something definitely wrong with with what’s going on here. And I would advise again. Like I said, last time it would help if you would concentrate and see the problems in the north or the communities are scared of and worried about including the housing, including the planning. I’m yet to see something which actually doing for the community and in not even a week in a day with three labor cancers. Red Bridge actually walked over to the Greens because the labor politicians are so angry, they’re just they’re running anyway, doesn’t matter, whether it’s conservative. green socialists that just fed up it makes, I don’t actually us look very good. With including with the benefits cuts. Which we’re going to see later where we’re all along here. We’ve been against his benefits cats, but nothing’s been done. And tonight, again, just the talk. Nothing more than the talk, trying to stop it, but we’ll get, we’ll get back to that on when we’re unfold the motion. I just wanted to finish off by saying You talk about getting involved Disappointed procedure also for that Madam speaker because law of guys no replying back to Mayo says Speech talking about Red Bridge or something like that. So, you know, so Important part of all the male was talking about a Reform MP, not even in London who quit from South. I don’t exactly what he’s on about. This is some kind of hearing problem. No, we were talking before first Steinberg. This book, could we not going to personal right between you and Council Adams? I don’t understand. Can you please? Older Here’s why is the point of order because you’re talking about cat labor cancers, and Red Bridge, and going to the Greens and whatever which is not was not mentioned in the mayor speaks. So if you could address the issues in the mayor space, we were talking about people changing parties, and the mayor mentioned. I’m right here Ava, came to the mayor’s feature. Cut me off. Could you please sit down? Tell me to talk? What could you please sit down Thank you. Thank you. Right. I like her character, Turbo Delowe. You have no more free minutes. Thank you, Melanie Speaker. Thank you and Mayor Woodley. I’d really do. Welcome. your words. This evening, we welcome in the place. For no hate. We’re welcome to join. The statement plan is yesterday, which is track a compassionate time, but we remain concerned about how such commitments are applying practice in some parts of the capital. The Saint George’s flag has been weaponized as an anti-migrant symbol in our world Red Cross is having been painted on a busy roundabout legal. Graffiti that has been removed with the same urgency as beautifully paint, the words of Palestine elsewhere in the para to be clear. We don’t, we do not support censorship or the state canceling Each. But when they cancel Acts swiftlying one case and slowly, and another it sends their own message. The Saint Georges Black is cherished by millions and he must never be used to intimidate migrant refugees and asylum seekers, the very communities. These borough has pledged to protect. And at the same time, we cannot ignore the national leadership and challenge locally in our view that continues to pursue deportation and dehumanization of migrants, those who have heard by the legacy of empire. And a must not be treated as political footballs Mayor Wooly. We really welcome your message on the findings from the UN that Israel has and continues to commit genocide in Gaza. We trust that this is the basis for any people. Call divestment from complicit comparations and suspension of the training arrangement. We haifa. We look forward to for support for the motion with circulated to cancel Israel’s genocide. On your words and the message for the excellent and phenomenal results from the students this year. Congratulations to every young person their families and the staff who support them, your results are testament to your spirit and Hackney. So lucky to have, you may our Pachamama always protect, you Equally, we also want to say and recognize that those navigating harsh and too often discriminatory school behavior policies. We will continue to hold this and any future administration to account until those policies change. On the new air quality action plan, we really welcome the consultation and urge every resident to participate, especially those living on congested roads. whether one medians. Sorry, thank you, Madam Speaker. You scare me a bit whether due to ltns, or through heavy through traffic while, many of us support the concept of ltn. Some improvements are as seen in some areas of the borough, but there is still no enough evidence. That LDS improve equality for all and make evidence continues to raise concerns, especially for local businesses who tell us of of their concerned affects customers accessibility. So therefore, we will continue to push for this to be reviewed. Lastly, we also welcome your message around road safety. A very passionate topic for us, especially since there’s been as many of you know, tragic tragic about tragedy here, my street related to heavy duty vehicles and we look for what to improvement of that. Thank you. Thank you. Hi, when I invite the prison break. You’ve done more than three minutes. Thank you. And yeah, just want to echo. Everyone’s statements that Hackney is no place for hate. And no place for harm The scenes and Saturday were absolutely abhorrent. As an assembly member. I was contacted by Muslim groups. Describing it as a festival of hate We heard how how members of the Fascist march broke lines to racially attack. Our Diane Abbott or MP with the police being challenged and saying they couldn’t stop people. Walking through the line even though we know back in January people were arrested for peacefully. Walking up, Whitehall to lay flowers. The disparity on policing between this march and some of the Palestine Solidarity. Campaign, marches is stark and I’m incredibly proud and continued to be proud of all Hackney residents who go on protests. Whether that’s protesting against the arms. Fair recently, that was held at the Excel joining the Anti-fascist Parade on Saturday or today protesting against Trump being in London. There’s a gaping hole between having a diplomatic relationship with Trump and rolling out the red carping and letting him stay in Windsor Castle. And the Labor government is on the wrong side of this. This is related to the mayor speech, Okay? And what we don’t need and what we saw on Saturday is a fanning of anti-immigration and anti anti and migrant and auntie refugee hate, which is what Trump is doing and what our labor government continue to do. It’s about to take change the speech. I’m dark and ask you to sit down. Okay, Cats as time Burger. Okay? And so we need to be actively challenging the far right rhetoric and I’m really proud that we’ve got Zach palansky elected as the new leader of the Green Party. who is doing this boldly on a national level. Not amplifying and not opposing rhetoric acid. and so to the genocide in Gaza, which was mentioned in the mayor’s speech, we’ve circulated emotion and we call on the council to do everything it can to cut, its ties with the genocide in Gaza which is deeply painful to residents here. And we know how much our solidarity here means to residents in Packwood to people in Palestine and it’s been great to see the Mayor in Dolston Square recently. We celebrated the iconic. cultural venues that used to take up the space in Dalston Square like the Four Aces Club which was cornerstone to black music and community life. But we do see a concerning wider erasure of community spaces for our black community and black led rate and venues and struggles like the carnival groups, struggling youth, services market traders, and clubs and bars. So it’s really, I’m really implore the mayor to enact the points in the economic strategy around inclusion. So these don’t disappear operate in the margins and to just finish. You were speaking of family struggling and I just want To make sure that we’re listening to the parents who presented on Monday at the Children, Young People’s Committee about the ever squeezing middle middle class groups and finding it more and more difficult to operate with continued lack of rent controls, and no wealth tax. Thank you. Out to the deputation. I’ll reply quickly, giving your sense of urgency and cancer Steinberg. I understand the concern about the housing list and the desperate need that we do see around us. Absolutely welcome our government investing. That’s 39 billion into into new housing and we will claim as much as we can. And, you know, it was a real success story. I think the work we did within Stanford Hill to Co-design to have a court and, you know, we’ve had the right recognition through awards and I would love to be able to say that’s only just the start so we can accommodate more of our residents who need that extra help in housing. Claudia, complete, sorry, cancer left completely agree about the weaponizing of the flag I want to be able to celebrate with our flag when it comes to the lionesses winning at football or the rugby that’s coming up and not to see in what is let’s call it. what it is criminal damage on our streets and it’s spray painted around us making people feel uncomfortable. If not worse, you know, frightened and attacked and we just need to keep our streets and safe, and friendly and work together to that end. Thank you all. So for raising the stats results, absolutely amazed by our young people and the odds they’ve had to overcome over the years. Whether it’s the GCSE a levels and other courses. For the first people that had come through the pandemic to still, you know, be able to make those achievements. It’s just extraordinary. I know that a lot there is to thank for parents and carers, friends networks families, teachers, and those schools, as well as the work we do within our council to keep those standards up and quality action. I know Councilor young is absolutely committed to finding a good main road action plan to try and make sure that we are benefiting the borough as a whole. And of course we’re seeing development with those EV charges to ensure that we’re reducing the air pollution that’s coming out. Many of the vehicles travel. Along our streets and I do want to recognize the tragedy on our street. It was a terrible terrible loss for us all a councilor. Gareth. Yeah. The scenes on Saturday. My, my son was cycling on his way to do some work completely oblivious to what was going on and suddenly saw himself surrounded. And I think he felt quite ashamed about being as a young white man in that mix because it felt like an auntie, it felt like a racist group and he was scared and confused. To get out, so it does touch all of us, no matter where you are and completely agree unforgivable. That abuse was aimed at Diane Abbott when she was out there speaking up for our beliefs and certainly do not welcome Trump in London. So thank goodness again for our labor Mayor of London, stepping up for that sense of belonging but everyone, as well. Welcome. I think he had a few choice with say that Trump himself. Did me. Thank you. Madam Speaker. Thank you, thank to everyone. It’s contributed cancer. Been in Lubbock. Thank you. I would like to move a motion without notice to suspend Council procedure rules, so that emotion on divestment and detwinning with Haifa, which has been circulated to councilors can be heard in light of the UN’s ruling that The mayor spoke about their genocide is taking place in Palestine particularly procedure rules 14.3, 14.4 14A, 2.2 J for for a 2.360 11.9 and 16.4. Could you? Repeat the agent. The list of Constitutional rights. Slowly, so don’t forget. Yes. So that would be. Cancer Procedure Rules 14.3. No more than one motion under rule. under Rule 14.1 b will be considered at any meeting motions will be alternated that the group 14.4 other than those motions listed in real 15 written, notice of every motion for discussion, must be somebody to counselors etc for a 2.2 practice j. Consider any motions listed on the agenda for a 2.3, the speaker may vary the order of business and for 6c 11.9, if there is no chair, 16.4 Total time from consideration of motions will not exceed 30 minutes. Thank you. this is a procedural motions, so unless and yeah, so once those those procedure rules are suspended, we would like to know second to for moving. Oh, second Cash attemption. That’s items. We, we are hussain to that. Yeah, we move all those who want to spend and holders. Okay, that’s lost. And it’s Thank you. And extensions. Now, okay. Um, just in, in that case, I would like to notify the speaker that we be on the side would like to request an extraordinary meeting of the full council in line with procedural, he just outside the meeting, okay? And we’re considerate. Right, let’s move go back. A gender item 7, which is devotations. We have a devitation. Entitled Plant-based Catering and Plant-based Treaty the details, which are published in the agenda part. I’ve like cats have been in Lubbock. So, introduce a deportation, you have one minute to do. So Following my which the deportation leaders Alice Stewart and Z. By him will address the chamber. Thank you very much and obviously you’ve probably feel like you’ve heard too much from me already, but I’d just like to say the implications of deputation are some of the most serious that we will ever have to face as elected representatives. Unfortunately, unfortunately, the answer to this problem is really positive, joyful, and healthy one adopting, a plant-based policies. Make people healthier is cheaper and it gives us a great opportunity to celebrate the delicious and diverse cuisines and cultures that we’re lucky enough to have here in Hackney. But the problems are deadly serious, the Institute and faculty of actuaries, the people who the banks use to calculate the risks and insurance costs and stated in their 2025 report. Planetary, Solvency, that more than four billion deaths could occur by 2025 if global temperatures rise by three degrees Celsius or more potentially triggering, multiple, climate tipping points, the global economy could face a 50% loss in gross domestic product between 2017 and 2019. From the catastrophic, shocks by climate change and less immediate action is taken by political leaders to decarbonize and restore nature. According to report. So you can see This is a really important thing that we need to talk about and it’s a very simple policy that can put in place today and Alistair from Plant-based Hackney. Thank you. That okay. Good evening. My name is Alice Stewart. I lived in Stoke, Newington for almost a year and in London for much of my life, I stir served as an officer in the British Army, for almost five years and I now work in AI, safety and governance. Hello, my name is Z Bayam. I’ve lived in Hackney for 12 years. I’m mum to three children. Who attend? Ten school and nursery and hackney. I work for the NHS in Children’s Mental health and I volunteer from mental health charity as you heard in the steps outside the town hall, we represent a large and growing group of passionate hacking residents and local business owners who make up the Plant-based Hackney campaign. We are Coolio and Hackney Council. We are calling on Haney, Council to do two things. First to serve, fully plant-based food at internal meetings and events starting in 2025 and second to endorse the plant-based treaty immediately. By endorsing, the Plant-based Treaty Hanging Council will be publicly supporting the urgent shift away from higher mission meeting dairy towards plant-based food endorsing The treaty is a call to national and global governments to negotiating. International agreement that tackles food emissions with the same seriousness as energy and transports. We in a plant by signing campaign, have been working with Hackney Council for three years. Now, this is our third deputation and the fourth time we’ve spoken at full council and what we’ve seen the Council, do some great work to move forward with plant-based catering as well as huge amounts of support from people in. And outside the Council, the Council is not yet made the commitment to having fully plant-based catering or endorsing the plant-based treating. We’re hoping this evening will be the time the Council finally make that commitment. Why does this matter? The climate crisis isn’t a future threats. It’s here, right now in Hackney which is one of six London boroughs that especially high risk from the climate crisis, based on research by Imperial College, London. It’s probably the case that around a dozen residents of Hackney were killed by human caused climate change during heat waves in the last three months alone. You and climate scientists. Warn you have me years, not decades to dramatically cut emissions, and it will be impossible to limit global warming without changing what food. We produce climate threats are significantly driven by meeting dairy production, which is overwhelmingly worse environment and plant-based foods. This change will bring other benefits for our community too plant based diet are up to one third more affordable in countries, like the UK, according to University of Oxford Research Plus transitioning, to plant-based diets can improve public health by lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. In 2019, Hackney Council declared a climate emergency committing to net, zero carbon by 2040 and promising to do everything within its power to meet climate targets. Hackney’s climate response, dated this month. Both that, when it comes to climate change, Hackney is one of the most ambitious councils in the country Yet while Hackney takes pride in planting trees and installing bike lanes. It continues to serve high emission foods such as meat and dairy at council events. This conflicts with one target set in the Council’s, own climate action plan, which aims for a 38% reduction in food emissions within catering, contracts by 2030. It’s also conflicts with a second goal that healthy plant-based diets are widespread across the whole borough by 2030 this gap between words and actions under Phones, climate commitments and betrays residents, who expect genuine climate leadership. These plant-based goals, are a step in the right direction. But to have any hope of achieving them, we need you counselors to lead the way starting. Now, the Council have already shown how much support our asks to have. Your plant-based counts, your plant-based taste in events. At the end of last year, attracted, over 400 staff with 92%. Now, supporting plant-based council events staff called the food, impressive and delicious progress. One minute progressive councils such as Oxfordshire County Cambridge City in London’s own Lewisham, and Camden and Lambeth have already made strong pump-based commitments. Your own data shows overwhelming staff support we have all now also been in contact with local plant-based restaurants and cafes in Hackney to ask them if they would be caterers for the Council and the response has been really positive. The following caters who come from a range of culture about backgrounds offering different cuisines are all on board. They include all nations, Vegan House, Third Culture Deli, Black Cat Cafe, Wave, and Beans Cafe. This isn’t just an opportunity to make positive change for the environment. Health, and Council finances. It is also an opportunity for the Council to Port locker businesses in Hackney Mayor Woodley, and Councilor Young would. Now we’re just waiting for you. This is your opportunity to align function translation, climate science. Thank you very much. I know, I’ve been given, Cassius Mitchell’s name on the labor group, I’ve had any lines given to me from the other groups. Okay, I’ll take cancer Smith myth for that. Yeah, thank you, chair. Just wanted to ask if you’re aware of some of the great work that the Council has already doing around low carbon eating, like, the low carbon. Chinatown is an award winning environmental initiative by artist Ling. Tan that uses Chinese diet sport food culture to engage East and South East, Asian communities, and climate action. Working with data sciences and chefs to develop low carbon alternatives to traditional Chinese dishes retained cultural authenticity whilst producing environmental impact. The project which has received 30,000 pounds. Arts Council England funding has been presented across the UK and Europe, combines art installations performative, supper clubs, and community workshops to demonstrate. How reimagining food systems can contribute to sustainability goals and hackney. Initiative will culminate on November with two community meals and an exhibition at the Hackney Service Center. Emphasizing a gradual transition toward lower carbon eating That respects dietary choices whilst encouraging reduced consumption of high carbon meats like beef and lamb. In favor of a more plant-based option like nuts and legumes. Thank you. For your question. We really embrace the cultural diversity of this of this borough. but it’s the simple fact that if we’re not embracing a rapid urgent transition to plant-based the production of plant-based foods, we you are not going far enough fast enough and we’re not asking any individual you residents of acne to go vegan, to change their diet, there’s about institutional change and this is about US counselors. Eating fully plant-based at the handful of Council meetings. You have each year to really small change but a powerful Symbolic change. And if you’re not doing that respectfully, you’re not doing enough. Thank you. To certainly, yes. Cancel, route and cascarver. Thank you very much, Madam Speaker, and seems to me that what you’re highlighting was quite a lot of commitments and promises that the counselors made in a vague way but which is it’s failing to deliver on something that I think is a bit similar is the commitment to help people to grow their own food as well. Is that something that you think would be helpful towards your end? If accounts did more work to help people grow their own food? Yeah, we strongly encourage Hackney residents to, to grow their own food. I have several friends. Some of you are in the balcony, who do this kind of thing and very much in favor of that, but ultimately again, that small fry that’s that’s not enough. We need this kind of institutional, systemic change transition to plant-based the production of plant-based foods on that. And yeah, we’re asking you as counselors to make this change originally But thank you so much for bringing this and thank you to everyone up in the up in the gallery as well. And so, just to be crystal clear, you are only the plant-based treaty. If you just couldn’t explain a little bit more about what it is because I do completely hear your urgency, you’re just asking the Council to commit to its own events changing, its catering, because I think, sometimes in the past people think that we are asking for people to make changes and obviously those will be helpful, but this is just about the Council making a commitment if you can just be crystal. Clear about what the treaty asks for thank you very much for it for that. Clarification, that Caroline question. We’re making two demands of acne Council. The first is for council to transition to fully promise catering at internal Council meeting and events. The second is to sign Plant-based treaty and which is this and symbolic. global treaty. Calling on all levels of government, local National International to support a transition to to just palm basic food systems and plant-based diets. They’re two separate things. Yeah. He very much. Let’s call on cancer Young, the Cabinet member for Climate Change Environment transport to respond to the points, race. Thank you. Thank you so much for coming back again. And thank you for keeping coming back and raising this because this is an incredibly important issue. I mean, it’s really nice that you’re here tonight. When we’re actually reporting. On our progress, on our annual decarbonization progress across the borough. So thank you. I’ve got kind of written answer that I want to share with you but I also just wanted to respond to one point made which was, there was a suggestion that the Council has made vague from misses and that we haven’t met them, Couldn’t be less true. We’ve made very clear promises and we are meeting them. In fact. And so, just to say, we absolutely across this chambers, share your sense of urgency, which is why we declared a climate emergency in 2019, which is why we’ve set really concrete and goals that we are in the process of meeting. So we think that the role of food in reducing emissions is incredibly important amongst other things, of course, which we’ll talk about later on and that we need to act now and that’s why we’ve been increasing, the plant-based catering in Hackney for several years, actually, even before 2019 and we’ve also been leading London, sustainable food, purchasing work, which we continue to do so since 2022, just to give you sort of sense of where we’ve got to, we’ve cut food emissions at our Council, AGM by nearly 70%, 69 point something percent by shifting in phases, To fully plant-based menus. So we started with mostly, you know, mostly animal based products, three quarters, meat and cheese, and, and milks and we’ve now gone down to 25%, and then at the last AGM, this year, it was entirely plant-based. So, we are making that shift, and we’re making it in an appropriate way. You taking hopefully our members with us. But also the community with us because actually the amount of emissions we’re cutting. Here is symbolic so it’s about that leadership and about that symbolism and so it’s really, really important that we do that in a way that works with the community that takes people with us, that uses that input as Counselor Smith, you gave an example of from different communities and different types of food that we don’t simply say, You know, this is what you should do get on and follow us that we show people, we showcase how we’re doing it. We bring people in, we use their experiences in order to to move towards plant-based eating. So, you in the, The Love Hackney awards at our economic future events at our AGM, all in the last 12 months, those have been entirely plant-based. The mayor mentioned the walking wheeling and cycling conference. That was entirely plant-based apart from I think there was a little bit of cow’s milk for the tea and coffee, and we also encourage external organizations. To do plant-based catering, when they use the town hall. Even if it’s not us catering. So, there was a global fixed fest last week, which was brought people from all over the world to talk about the right to repair. Another really important part of Decarbonization and that again, was a plant-based entirely plant-based event. so, the mayor and I you both attended the London Walking and Cycling conference last week. And one of the interesting things there was, we were looking at, not just, you know, what do people eating whilst they’re there? But also how they traveling there, how they traveling away and how are they showcasing those actions in order to, you know, to decarbonize our our lives, if you like Over the last few years. As I said, we’ve moved from three quarters. animal-based proteins to a quarter. And as we said last year, very specific commitment. We said by 2030, all of the Council’s, catering will be plant-based. We are still on that journey. We will meet that goal and you’re very welcome to hold us to account if we don’t meet him. But I really want to emphasize this point about symbolism. Cassie got one minute. Sure. Really want to emphasize the point about symbolism that if we are not culturally inclusive and we don’t take people in Hackney with us, then there’s no point in doing this because the actual amount of carbon that we save just by changing our own catered events is not the point Here. The point here is the impact on the community. Around us. So, I am particularly proud of the work that we do in schools. Where now almost all schools of schools in Hackney have at least one meat free day and we’ve also had many events with families with carers with school caterers, where they’ve enjoyed plant-based food and come back for more. So, that is the kind of work we’re doing in, you not just being symbolic, but in actually showing people educating people and working with them to move to more to plant-based food. So we are actively delivering on the plant-based Treaty and because we’re already delivering on the plant-based treaty. I was very, very happy to sign the treaty on the basis, that cities that endorse the plant-based Treaty are encouraged to make meaningful changes and implement good practices in plant-based food policies within their own jurisdiction and priorities and I hope to continue to work in that direction. Thank you. Thank you, cancel. The answer young. I’d like to thank so I’d like to members to note the depreciation. I’d like to fight to fight the depreciation leaders, all those who spoke and all those have said it is full. Any follow-ups actions or commitments may well be included in the minutes? Of this meeting. We should be published on the website. So thank you very much. If we move on. Thank you. Very Can I play the nation place? Or during the meeting. Okay, thank you very much. Everybody for coming back so quickly. I’m sorry about this disruption. It was very rude of those people. If we can get on with the meeting, we’re now item eight, which is questions from members of the public. Cancers constitution provides a maximum of 30 minutes for public questions. Any questions have not been asked at the end of the 30 minutes period will receive a written response which we recorded within the minutes. When I call your name, please approach the poetry and to ask your question, a reminder that you should ask a question as published, anyone who’s not present will receive written response to their question, which will include busy in the minutes of this meeting. Once you’ve received your response, you have the opportunity to So many question. Any supplementary questions? must arise directly at the original question or the reply and must not be a speech or a statement. A reply to supplementary question will last up to two minutes. Is your FEMA here? She’d like to come forward. Good evening. Thank you. Madam Speaker. I run a youth film and drama group for young people in Woodbury down, North Hackney and see vulnerable young people locally What youth services is the council providing for vulnerable young people in the area? Thank you, you female. I think I’ve been to the Rio Cinema when you presented to some of the way you’ve done with young people and also heard a choir singing and it would be down as part of your group and also where you do a lot of work as part of Fame Star Youth and also with breathe. So thank you for all that you do for the young people in the area and young Hackney is the council’s, integrated Early Help and Prevention, Service, for Young People age, 10 to 19. It delivers a range of services for children. Young people from Edges Club on the north side. It would be down, estate throughout the week and you have provides a safe space for young people to spend their time from trusted relationships. Professional youth workers relationships with peers and engage the program of opportunities and informal learning that supports young people to understand and manage risk, making form, choices and stay. Hey, stay safe. Young Hat is detached outreach team currently focus their street-based youth work on the Ruby Down, estate twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays. The team assertively seats and engages. Those young people who may not be accessing youth provision or who may engage better with support of the dinner more flexible way, the detached outreach team has been able to engage with a group of young people on the rugby down, estate of the summer and support them to engage in a weekly targeted, Greek work project delivered at the edge where those people have particular vulnerabilities and needed that extra help. Young people. Also young Hackney also provides one-to-one targeted support of those young people. At risk of poor outcomes, individual. Support plans are developed with young people and their families and will address a range of issues including emotional and physical well-being, self-regulation, confidence, and self-esteem, healthy lifestyles, healthy relationships, sexual health, substance, misuse bullying, school engagement, identity, inclusion, race, and crime, and antisocial behavior, and child criminal or sexual exploitation. Just by giving you that list, It makes you think about the range of challenges that our young people have to face. And again, I think without being able to work with other groups, not just for young Hackney but all Function community sector and all the time that you or give, and we would struggle indeed to meet their needs. So thank you. Do you have a supplementary? Yes, Madam Speaker. Do you have any more plans of visiting Woodbury town and listening to the voice of young people? Yeah, absolutely. And more than happy to come and meet the young people you work with. I was also up there last weekend for the Hidden River Festival. A really nice project that we’ve worked on in partnership with. Nothing your Genesis and Berkeley and the London School of Architecture and to develop a pavilion to create a pavilion just to sort of temporary structure and that a really nice design and I feel a bit like ultimate with compete with serpentine and their pavilions and, you know, the young people in Hackney and should have no limits on their aspirations and they will learn sort of construction skills, green skills. That’s just one example of the sort of thing. we can do if we work in partnership. So I was up there last weekend and I’ll come up again for sure. Thank you. and the next question is, Because they won’t. Please ask your question. It’s to cancel Williams. >> Christiana Kujembola: Thank you. Madam Speaker. The question is to the cabinet member for employment human resources and equalities. And my question is, what plans idea to support both 16 academic and internship provision in acne? Thank you. >> HTH Room 104 – Council Chambers: Thanks, thank you for your question. Historically. Young people have left. educational prepared or unaware of the world of work, and this has been due to lack of knowledge, particularly among Sancho’s regarding employment programs Hackney’s Employment Skills team has be as established. A supported internship work-based program for young people with learning disabilities. Based both Homerton NHS Hospital Trust as well as within the council. It’s in, it’s eight here. and the program has seen over a hundred participants across seven. Cohorts of these 99 have graduated and over half. Have secured, paid work the program plans to further expand the diversity of Placements, and jobs. Available on completion to ensure that young people especially those with ehcps and hackney are provided with a bespoke opportunity leading to sustainable employment, the 16 to 19 NEET pathways to team provides information advice and guidance to hackney young people And their parents as well as carers. Hackney’s also pointed to new supported internship providers, bringing the total of four high quality programs for young people with ehcps with all providers. Now, accepting interns from the age of 16, the employment pathway team is working with the Children and Education Team School improvement team and post 16-cent teams. So enhance knowledge and improvements partnership, working preparations, also taking place to host a Preparing for Adults Forum, which will take place next month and it will be a great opportunity to enhance a career advisors and thank those understanding of Hackney’s employment skills and I don’t learning provision. It will also act as a reminder for colleagues in education of the importance of early discussions about employment and support ambitions to embed more employment-based learning into their curriculums particularly for those young people with special. Rotational needs and disabilities. Thank you. Madam Speaker. Casual Williams. Christian, did you have a supplementary? >> Christiana Kujembola: No. More than speaker. Thank you very much. >> HTH Room 104 – Council Chambers: Okay, thank you very much. We’re moving to the next question. Is Daniel present. Would you like to come forward? Your questions can going to be us balance by Council Walker as cancer. It’s not present. Thank you. Many of our voluntary community and faith sector organizations are at risk of closing their doors, but I’m more secure funding. How is the council working with local organizations to ensure Hackney continues to have sustainable and well-resourced VCs in years to come? Thank you, Madam Speaker, and thank you, Daniel for this important question. But in speak of the Council and administration does not want to see any of BCS or faith organizations, close their doors, not only at many sources of funding for the sector under pressure. We’re greater competition for external funding, we’re building on what we have learned to recent years to understand how we can be more enabling and strategic in our investment to ensure existing resources. Go further and more impactful. this is why over the past year we have taken on the important work of resetting our relationship with the sector to ensure that we are building more effective partnerships so that together we can collectively by solutions to the challenges. You highlight in your question. However, we have to be up front about the budget challenges that we face and sadly. We cannot fund every single BCS organization. but through our engagement and consultation process with the sector we are putting in the foundations to ensure that our community partners can continue the significant and transforming work that they do with our residents. In August, we launched our new community grants program redesigned with our partners in the sector an investing over one million into BCS organizations. This is about putting funding and power back into the hands of residents and communities and building effective partnerships to support for the sector. We have also launched a second round of the Hackney Community Fund investing money from the neighborhood community infrastructure Levy into community-led capital projects to benefit residents across our neighborhoods. On top of that, we are already investing a further 750,000 a year for our asset portfolio, providing subsidized rents and leases to our sector. However, we know there are other things that we can do in addition to providing BCS grants. later, this year, we will be launching our new VCS strategy, this will focus on looking at better resources for the sector and cross-set to collaboration across the BORA with the NHS. Local business, anchor institutions and residents from model of neighborhood working and taking place based approach to tackling some of the real challenges that we know our residents and communities are face We’re also face and focused on better integration across council departments to ensure funding reaches are most vulnerable residents. We’re also working with external funders such as Big Lottery City, Bridge Foundation and Eastern Community, Fund to encourage more investment through the Through the VCs to ensure there is better. with the sector Finally. Imagine Speaker, Evenushian of the way we fund were enable the sector to have an improved focus on equalities. Best thing in our community partners in a more strategic way that can have real long-term impact by working together through meaningful and effective partnerships. We can address the challenges that your question and highlights and that we can undertake the longer term transformational change within our communities and also in the Council. Thank you very much. Adam Speaker. Actually good. Do you have supplement me? I do. Um, it’s great to hear what the Council is doing for the VCs sector. But how confident are you that these plans will address the long term challenges. The sector was still face. Thank you. short. Answer is I’m confident that we will. I’ve already highlighted that we have launched our new grants program, we launched the Happy Community Fund and we continue to invest in our in our property, portfolio for the BCS. So I’m confident that by together working with the sector launching, our new VCS strategy which is a 10-year plan. So we’re looking at long term plans, long term solutions to to involve residents to involve community stakeholders and and to involve BCS organizations to ensure that we really begin to make those changes that we need to tackle particularly those funding problems. So I’m confident but we can only do that in partnership and we are really driving that partnership forward and I’m confident that we can really make those changes. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, for example. A suginess here. Please come forward. Good evening. Would you like to ask you a question? Thank you, Madam Speaker. My question is to the mayor in an era of divisive politics. How do you ensure compassion and respectful communication is at the heart of local politics in Hackney? And Hackney. We know that politics must be rooted in compassion, respect and the voices of the people we serve I agree with you that national debate feels divisive with the electoral affirmation of reform MPs and counselors. And we now see the rise of advanced UK, and on on it goes with voices as far removed, but ever present like Elon musk inciting hatred and an alarming wave of anti-migrant feeling that no place that has no place in a very light. Hackney Here, we do things differently, we go out into communities, we accept challenges, we make the case and we work together towards creating a sanctuary. We work hard to place our communities at the heart of our decisions. That means listening, carefully to residents valuing lived experience and creating spaces where people can share their views openly and yes also going out knocking on doors every week, not just in the run up to elections. As mayor I’m committed to leading with respect both in how we engage with residents and how we engage with each other councilors, offices and partners across the borough. when I’m greeted with anger, I recognize that it is rooted in experience and I seek to understand it, I don’t always get it right and I can’t be everywhere. all the time. So I rely on everyone. In this chambers, our stakeholders are officers across our services to commit to that level of engagement to work towards challenge and resolution Disagreement is a natural part of politics as we all know and debate on key issues is crucial but it should never come at the cost of civility or compassion. And I do want, do not want anyone here to feel afraid at times, That does mean looking at ways to keep safe? Respectful communication must go hand in hand with tackling inequality and injustice. How you strongest when everyone feels represented included and respected by keeping community voices at the center of decision, making and committing to dialogue, granted and empathy. We can build a politics that reflects the forest values of fairness, openness and solidarity. May, what did you have? Yes, something Thank you. You spoke about how we need to make sure we have respectful conversations and there may be disagreements. But what’s most important is respect and compassion. The person that Spung to my mind was the late, Joe Cox MP who was murdered during her parliamentary duties, who very much believed that we have more in common than what, which divides us. So how can we honor her legacy here in Hackney by keeping our community safe and united at a time when political hatred and violence are on the rise. Thank you, we have often said in this chamber. us, I think that’s a real pride of Hackney that when it comes down to the crunch. When it comes to seen as Hate valleys, we’re actually all aligned in that and we do seek to remember, Joe each year and on the days that I’ll kind of dedicated to her remembrance. But also we have a relationship with her sister. Kim love better in Parliament and continuing to fight in her name. So I’m very proud of that. Thank you. Thank you. As you present. Thank you. Madam Speaker. Please can the member for cabinet, member for homelessness prevention. Tell us about the detailed arrangements for the relocation of residents in Ridley Villas. Specifically plans for resettlement plus consultation with those currently living there before the refurbishment takes place. Hi, thank you very much. Mr. Hugh, Dennis, This is a very good question with regards to Ridley. Villa, I’m sure everyone here believes that this is a very strategic move and investment from applicants. So, this is an investment. Not only to improve the standard of our temporary accommodation but also on a long term, we reduce the costs, the long-term cost of our temporary of our temporary and the long-term costs and also reduce the nightly rates. What I can say is that The property will be undergoing refurbishment with regards to the designs and layout. And also, this will increase the space for our resident, it will bring the property to the actual standard of temporary accommodations to the one we have in the borough at the moment. And just make sure I guess to that standard all residents at the moment we have not only temporary. Accommodation resident, there are also private residents so there are some residents who are private and there are some whom we have juicy that actually there by virtue of applicants at the moment, those who are not whom we do. Not only do you see has been contacted by Hackney Council Company and they have already issued, let us have already been giving to them. And definitely do come to the Council in terms of being homeless and for those residents who are who have actually gone, and who are resident, who we have a beautiful, we will be sending out later to them. the plan and the plan is to make sure that all every resident from Ridley, Villa leaves the place by end of November. And then we will move them. This will be in terms of batteries, you know, but we’re going to start that now. So that before the end of November, everyone will move out, there is a manager on site that I’ll be working with the resident to make sure all our arrangements are aims are in good and order. I’m sure everybody will. agree with me. That this is a very good investment from Hackney cancer and I can assure everyone that our nightly rate will be reduced by a virtue of this long-term costs on temporary. Accommodation would be reduced by what we have actually put in place before. I finish how to echo and say thank you to our new house homelessness on house and strategy. Direct told Mr. Alex Clark I know. So the new Assistant, Director Mr. Lee Georgia. And they’re not here at the moment, but I just wanted to house to be aware of that. Thank you very much Mr. Bonus. I’m enjoying. Yes, I do just to say, I see this as a way of working on the housing crisis that he’s been hackney. It’s in London, it’s in many parts of the country and we’ve got to work. Both locally in this way. But also wider I genuinely agree with you. And that is why when we talk about temporary accommodation, our mitigation, we have a lot of mitigation in place and this is one of our mitigation as well and you’ve actually said it acknowledging the house in crisis, that we have at the moment. And with regards to that poster, we have 55 residents there, I would 39. I actually temporary accommodation in terms of resident that we have put there so I can assure, I can assure you that every process is detailed just like we continue to do in the past and we will ensure that that property is of the actual standard of a great standard. So our current temporary accommodation in the world. Thank you, thank you very much. We now get The End of Time. Sorry. Please be quiet. Please be quiet. If you don’t require, I’ll tell you to be removed. we have also, please be recorded There is a procedure for asking questions. You haven’t gone for it, please leave the chips. Please leave no one’s giving you any answers. Please leave Please leave. If you if you submit a question through procedure, you will get an answer. No one will give you an answer by shouting. Experience. On. So, I couldn’t hear what she was Sharon about. I don’t have completed, right? We now move on to gender item, 9 members allowance game. The Council has before it, the Members Allowance scheme for 20 25 26, Which is approved at Full Castle. It’s last meeting on the 21st of July members will recall that the approved scheme did not include any increases in allowances as the national priority. Settlement had not been a great so, nothing the settlement, the pace settlement, which forms the basis for annual at least for allowances has not been approach. Sorry, as I said now, the pace settlement has been agreed scheme for 25-26 is proposed to be uplifted by 3.2 across the world in line with the player world the revised members allowance scheme for 2526 is detailed in Appendix One. We will now merited by and I will take one contribution from each physical groups, who will have up to two minutes Okay, I’ve been notified, the cats are out and cats are Chapman, which is fake. I can’t really love it. You wish to speak and cancer Steinberg. Okay, thank you. very much. So, cats are out. Thank you, Madam Speaker. It is of course, right? That counselors should receive recompense for the time, the work and the effort that they put in and I’m sure many of us. Here will recognize the correlation between the cost of living squeeze continuing to play many residents lives and our increased workload in recent years. councilors do work hard as do cabinet members and certainly the mayor is a proven hard worker. but we do question, whether the mayor’s remuneration is appropriate while so many in Hackney are struggling. And nearly 100,000 pounds. The mayor’s payment is more than twice. The median wage in London, and that’s not a great look. When so many of our residents are barely getting by. And when the Council itself is so badly overspent, and struggling to balance the books. So we would like to see a review of the mayor’s allowance along with the wage structure for the most senior officers in the council, some of them receive almost twice, the amount that the mayor gets and shortly the Council will be asked to approve a transformation program which includes the loss of over 200 posts with inevitable redundancy costs. At least one senior officer is looking at a payout of nearly 400,000 pounds. just to wave, goodbye to Hackney. How can that be right in the current climate? So, while recognizing that councilors deserve recompense for their efforts? Sorry. about individual salaries, even though you’re not mentioning the persons, I could be identified, Well, they will be soon, I’m sure but not by me at this point, as things actually, the payments are badly out of kilter and they need to be changed. So the evening, we’ll be abstaining in this boat. Thank you. That’s really love it. Thank you. I’ll just echo some of the things that councilor out said and the statement that we made last time a similar paper, came to this meeting. as Greens, We believe it’s important to improve the accessibility of this role as members of the Council, it’s really important that it is accessible in line with the time and efforts that and the the efforts that Council has put into this role, but we do think that at the moment necessarily uplifting all of the Cabinet positions and the mayor’s role is wholly appropriate when the government is worsening, the cost of living crisis with you know, things like cuts to personal independent payments and other things that have been floated. I would also like to suggest. The Council does allow for fixed term equivalent. rates for Cabinet members, etc. So it would be interesting to know how many members are working full-time and how many you’re working fix time. Equivalent posts at moment and whether that could be looked into for the future. Thank you. Steinberger. Thank you. Madam Speaker. I’m just refreshing to 1.2 Which you mentioned there on the third column that this comes from 2022. I’m not going to read out exactly what it says. I’m just wondering. Why we’re now 2025? Why are we doing figures in 2000? Why are we using things in 2022? And generally talking a raises, the whole time. The leader of oppositions wages is actually gone down. From 15 years ago. I’m yet to see anywhere where wages goes down besides the lead of position and probably only in Hackney. So when we mentioned in a report, we use people’s names, can we have a letter from him? Confirming that 2025, this is what he’s agreed because I’m not happy with reading this and using other other people’s names, which he, from what I understand, he hasn’t been it for, don’t know how many years. So I want to proper review with the proper people coming to the table and shown where they take the Hackney’s wages from similar to which Bible, Chapman. Thank you. Madam Speaker. This report as you set after your introduction, really follows on from the one, we had in July, where we were statutory obliged to re-establish, the members allowance schemes every year and this one merely updates it to bring it in line with the Office of Hire Awards. And we have a long tradition here that we treat ourselves basically, as we treat the officers, like better in my worse. we’re not playing at this station to make any bigger adjustment to anybody’s salaries. Sorry, allowance is, whether that be the mayor or the first leader of the opposition or the second leadership position or the third party. So, we’re not like any of those changes, we will review the Council’s, Steinberg, correctly says, This is, these are based on the 22 review by the Independent panel. I think we will look at the lighter panel recommendations when circumstances allow, but for the moment, we’re just bringing this proposal for what actually, to just update the salaries and lock the allowances in line with the with, with inflation. I think it’s really important, you know, for inclusivity to ensure that there’s a basic allowance that, you know, members of our potential members of potential. Want to stand for council for any and all party can afford to do it. So I think that the basic members allowance is really important and it’s important principle. We’re here to that but I’m a Footpride that there is no scope at the moment for a bigger review than that. Thank you. Thank you. can members agreed to greet the report and they’ll allowances guest game 25-20-26, Okay. Questions members and members of Cat Scout, the maximum time as I’m allowed is 30 minutes. If you’re responded to a question, a mind that we have, you have no more than free mates, the traffic lights are working. They’re here. to guide you and when it you have well, when you bring it you’ll turn Amber. However, please be so that we can get for as many questions as possible after 30 30 minutes, any questions not answers will receive a written response which will also be included in the minutes to this means I reminded something interesting questions must rise directly out there which no question or the reply. Must not be a speech or say statement. The first question I have is cats, cancel the duck. Thank you. Madam Speaker. I set out. Thank you, Matt and Speaker and thank you, Councilor Sudek for your, for your question. I just want to congratulate all of our children, young people on their A level results and GCSE and our stats results joint first in the country, well done for all of our children young people so our GCSE results aren’t down slightly by 2% this year. Madam Speaker from 72, down to 70 percent, but that is still a lot of children, young people that have got phenomenal grades this year. we celebrate that Our A levels and b-text outperform their peers across England and 31%. get have received an A to a star, a post to 28% nationally. Many of our B techs said that their children received 100% and passing their b-text with Merrick and distinction quite phenomenal. And these these results actually are higher than the results in 2019, which was Pre-covid, the cohort that I’ve given those results to are actually the cohort that were In year 13, when the panicked went first hit. There’s also been a rise in the amount of children that have gone on to Russell groups and arise in the amount of children that have got their first choice for university or young people Madam Speaker. They might not like, recording them children, of course. So you’ve also talked about what support is there. What we do and why if I may Madam secret, I’m on green so I can highlight a few things that that we have been doing. So there’s been an increase in work experience support and but a real focus on children that are eligible for free school meals. That maybe new. or diversed, or have a disability in any sort of way. And I’m not looking, but I’m sure Councilor Williams will be smiling. And before we had 62 children, doing some experience either here at the local council all of local businesses. And now that’s up to 144 children. Young people, taking care of taking advantage of that, experience for 25 and above. There’s a happy 100 that focus on skills and paid employment. And for our careers, there’s a program called the Full Potential Hack Me, and that is a bespoke program for our children in our care. and young people are here and it’s talking About and facilitating them around, education, training employment, and really wrapping around care to help them, aim aspire and achieve. So yeah, I’ll pause there. Thank you by the speaker. Do you have a supplement information? Yeah, I do. Thank you. Deputy Mayor Bramble, and I’d like to hear a little bit about results day this year. So what was the atmosphere? Like, as you were doing the rounds? And you have any special memories or stories to share with council? Thank you. Oh my goodness. I don’t know who was more nervous. Myself May would lead counts the Jackie or Jason. We all there are being around. Just a state of excitement, euphora the teachers and staff, really wrap themself around the children really supportive because some young people didn’t get the results that they needed, but the confidence that those children were getting supported on to. Next step, was really, really comforting and many of us there Spoke to those young people. I I was blown away by a young person who wanted to be an engineer, and he looked really upset. So I started hearing, you know, you have that. You have that pep talk really Madam Speaker, you know and I said, You know what’s the issue I’m really disappointed? Well, let’s have a conversation. Why you’re disappointed? He was disappointed Madam Speaker because in a row of eight actually see he felt he didn’t see enough lines. I mean talk about aspiration at the house. I thought I operational for our children young people but they beat me by miles and I also expect to a young woman that her and her family recently moved from Africa. about three years ago and she’d quite got all the qualifications that she could to then go on and become a doctor. So just some phenomenal stories where every day hacked me residents and their families being able to aim aspire and achievement and go on to do phenomenal thing. It was brilliant. Thank you, Justin Bieber. It sounds like a fantastic day and congratulations. All our young people. Cancer garbut. You’ve got a question. To the Deputy Mayor and Cabinet member of housing management and regeneration. So Cabinet committed on the 12th of June 2023 to recruit a dedicated empty Homes officer soon in vertical comments and officer is not in post. So when was this commitment dropped? Yeah, thank you Madam Speaker and speaker it. Kind of does beggar, believe it. Says, yet another presumption presumptuous missive of misinformation from the Green Party, the cab motor and the Council indeed made no such decision to abandon the recruitment of the position of an empty property officer for this authority. The short listing and the interviews will take place over the course of October and November and it is expected that the officer will be imposed in early 2026 as of when obviously contracts signed and arrangements are in place. Thank you. Do you have accepted? And thank you for that. That’s really great news. And how many homes do you think this officers going to be able to address in the next year? How many empty homes do you think we’re going to be able to get back into action? Thank you. Mad and Speaker Hackney Council has one of the lowest percentages of empty Properties. Certainly, those owned by the private sector in the country. It is one of the upsides of demand for homes in Hackney. I appreciate it. Does not address issues of affordability in any way whatsoever, but what it does recognize is that actually, fortunately, within the London borough of Hackney empty homes are not a substantive issue unlike other parts of tree in other towns and cities up and down the land and indeed in other London barretts. However, as to how many may be delivered through the course of the first year of said contract of the 1200 or thereabouts, which is the most recent count of empty properties in the barrack. I have absolutely no idea Adams Speaker. And I suspect that that will be discussed with the set office as in when they’re imposed, Thank you. Thank you very much. Cats are so wrong. Thank you, Madam Speaker, as set out. I would be your answer name. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Thank you Katsuringa. I’m answering this question on behalf of Counselor, Kennedy, but I’m really pleased to talk about Hackney Central Library and it closed on September 8th for an extensive and exciting refurbishment. We’re making big improvements shape with local community to our central library, which does see a growing number of visitors each year the project is part funded from that 19 million pound investment from the UK government. into the whole of Hackney Central. So 385,000, from this fund has been added to 283,000 of community infrastructure Levy and 142,000 of Section 106 planning game to make up the total of 10,000 Pounds of Investment into our library. This is the first large capital investment since the library opened 22 years ago. The designs are based on feedback. From local residents, young people older resident schools and people with impairments that insights on what they like this light and which to improve about the library have been central to the new vision. The refit will create a more welcoming and accessible environment it will feature new furniture. Clear It internal and external signage and a more intuitive layout additional improvements, including enhanced lighting a digital screen for event advertising and you meeting room and two smaller, bookable phone calls the Council’s, libraries team, which is known for its leadership in introducing art into libraries has delivered several exciting art projects in collaboration with the community and with significant institutions like the amazing V&A East Bank Museum. B&a Storehouse Museum that we have in East Bank and local artists. Will be integrated into the very fabric of the new library’s design, a highlight is the plant themed children’s area, which has been co-designed by children from local and special educational needs schools. It pays homage to the world. Famous Lodges plant nursery once located on Ma Street. And also thought acknowledges the more complex history of colonial, botany, and its links to the slave trade, the library is scheduled to reopen by the end of January 26, and I’m really excited to see these plans come to you. Fruition. You have a sub mention. thank you Mother Speaker and I do have a supplementary In respect of the redesign and refurbishment and in order to reflect all our communities. Can you tell us about the specific contribution of scope and rnib? The role National Institute for the Blind? Thank you. And thank you counselors. He’s iringa and recommendations from Scope included large high contrast. Signage less cluttered signage wheelchair suitable deaths, social, seating varied study spaces with better lighting, sensory features, and quiet zones rnib’s recommendations focused on staff visual awareness and accessible technology training. Good signage and optimized study areas with natural light. So as a result Hackney Central library’s redesign incorporates essentially located front desk sound. Absor, absorbing furniture Private study booths improve lighting and reduce clutter so feedbacks on the final signs have been positive highlighting. The effect of use of natural light accessible and sign control features. It’s been really nice and Looking at the way also, with Hackney Museum, which became an autism friendly. institution, that we are managing to extend that across the library as well. The more inclusive these spaces are the more people feel welcome within them happy will be. Because Davis. Thank you, Mother Speaker to the Deputy Mayo and Covenant for housing. Can you provide an update on the scaffolding contracts proved in April of this year, to reassure residents at scaffolding will improve in hackney There’s still not here to be clear. Enforcement mechanisms with starting end date and how we can prevent idling scaffolding to improve speed removal when works our competitors. Yeah, thank you. Madam Speaker, and just the clarity for the council. I think, Councilor Davis. You’re referring to the April 2025 cabinet procurements and insulting committee that approved the business case for the scaffolding contracts. That you’re kind of referring to just just for clarity for all counselors and many thanks to councilors on said cabinet, procurement and insulting committee for, for seeing this month. Through the, just all. So, for information, the value of the contract is in the order of 8 million pounds, to be spent over the course of the four year contract and as Council of Davis points out, the contract is led by seeking expressions of interest and tenders from various contractors. to provide scaffolding services for the Council’s, homes and housing properties one description or another. Um, the that process is underway and procurement is going through its due process. It is quite a complex procurement and speaker, because not only is just one contractor being sought to do this, but to contractors, and the reason for that is to ensure that those that are frustrations and issues that have been experienced by residents about scaffolding, that seems to stay up for an eternity with nobody, using it and in occasion can be. Raise concerns of home security, for example, an issues of that nature. To avoid a continuation of this behavior. Having two contractors in place. If one doesn’t do it, the other will do it and it’s very, very clear in the procurement process. That’s the case. Unfortunately, that means that the procurement process is even more complicated than it usually is. And the, it is anticipated that the contract will be in place by the end of this financial year. Thank you very much. But could you also update a lot to scaffolding contracts and whether they’re any barriers to insourcing, a lot to contracts? For staffing. Sorry, imagine speaking. If I could just I think I heard cancer Davis ask yet could these contracts be in sourced? Sorry, can I just ask the clarification? Sorry, it was yeah around lot two. and whether there was any barriers to Insourcing that, Thank you very much. Yeah. Thank you, Councilor, Davis. And the, the barriers product primarily to do that is that the Council does not have the skills in house to be able to safely install. Take down scaffolding and crucially, neither does it have any of the capital equipment nor the scaffolding itself to do that? So, it would represent a very, very significant investment. Need which at this? had a moment in time as it’s been mentioned that various points of the meeting so far this evening, you know, having an eye on balancing the HRA account, for housing revenue account. and indeed the council’s, wider budget, clearly we’re looking for best value. Best value will be to go to the professionals who do have equipment and the plant to do this and also fulfill all of the health safety requirements that are required, not just for the installation of and the taking down the scaffolding. But also for the scaffolding itself so that it is quality and safety use. I just want to announce, I’m going to alter these I’ve noticed that Cancellation council after Chara not here. So Intentious bring council powerful forward. if you’d like to ask this question after cats cats, Lucas’s question at number seven. If we get get to that, Just so that you get an answers, you’re in the room. But obviously canceling and cancer sero get a written room response. Thank you, Madam Speaker, as it out. Yeah. And thank you Madam Speaker. Thank you and Councilor Desmond indeed for your question on behalf of residence in regards to the community hall. The first thing to do is to confirm that the business case the business planning well advanced for the capital project in the community hall to bring it back into use. It’s currently standing at about 400,000 pounds, worth of works that are required that money has been identified and it has been allocated. So it’s sitting there waiting to go and the final stages of the should we call it the contractual kind of process is in place as we speak. So one is hoping that, by the. As we head towards Christmas, those works will be starting on site and let us hope there is a swift conclusion so that residents get full use of the Community Hall which as Are at the moment. One or two formal meetings can take place within the premises but unfortunately other activities are severely restricted as things currently sound. So hopefully, but the time we arrive into the new calendar year and the end of that first or the last quarter of this year, the community hall will be accessible up and Running. Thank you. Madam Speaker. Shop mentoring. Yes, Madam Speaker. I’m sure council of any Lubbock and myself will be delighted when we attend the Becca’s meetings to convey those ideas and the residents there will be very pleased. My supplementary really relates to tenants halls and community halls Generally would the deputy mayor agree that they pay a central role in the community and the better levels of furnishings and equipment within them, making them accessible unpleasant, especially if residents wish to actually celebrate as they should because there’s lots to enjoy in hackney and lots of personal things to celebrate, they can use them and we can also get revenue in when they’re hired. Yeah, and thank you. Council Desmond. Yes, yes, yes. To Kevin pretty much everything that you’ve actually said, so and yeah Council of Billy Lubbocks and yourself, Cancer Desmond, by all means. I hope that it is such a good news to share with residents and, and please do so. but you’re absolutely right. And there are numbers of community halls around the borough that do require investment and work and there will be coming forward a wider conversation about the kinds of uses the kinds of investment and the kind of needs for Community halls, and very much looking forward to working with Council Walker. For example, and seeing what, and how the voluntary community sector or widely may be able to access community halls. For one reason or another one purpose or another. And just widening out the the purposefulness if you like of community halls. They’re usefulness and and they’re very kind of justifying the reasons for their presence, basically. So thank you. Casitism. And perhaps you may wish to work very hard on this project going forward. Thank you. That’s been in love. Cats and cats can visit us. Can’t see Evans, garage. So yeah, fantastic. I would like to ask why the Council has allowed advertising firms to install digital advertising billboards on hackney pavements even where it’s own planning department rejected, the planning applications, which were found to contraven its own planning policies. And yeah, thanks for this and and just to be really clear, we’ve thought very long and hard about this process. It’s been through a great deal of scrutiny. It’s gone to the cat. The Sea Pick Committee. It’s gone through cabinet, it’s gone you through various decision-making processes. So you really, really thought about digital advertising and I’m going to give you just a couple of facts to make sure that you’re up to date and then just a few pointers to bear in mind. Firstly, they were granted planning permission by the planning Inspectorate. So ultimately that that’s who made that decision and under the terms of the contract, approved by Sea pig, the Council’s, haven’t corporate procurement and insourcing committee as mentioned earlier. in January 2023. The Council’s now using the screens to promote quite a range of public service campaigns and these include fostering campaign, landlord licensing consultations and young Summer activities, flood planning and air quality consultation. That’s just a couple of examples. So each of these campaigns has been displayed between two and three week periods, and we about to go on to use the units for the Pan London immunization campaign. and which, as you know, is a real cause of concern in London, along with other upcoming campaigns. So, we really think carefully about how we use advertising, and in addition, all advertising that we is is permitted on our boards has to meet our council advertising policies. So for example, you can’t pay for an advert for high fat and sugar products for example, because it doesn’t meet our policy. So we’re very, very careful about what goes up on them and it’s been a three-year process since the contracts were awarded. So very, very careful scrutiny and complex processes. It’s all so been through legal and planning scrutiny residents and campaigners have had an opportunity to feed in several opportunities, to feed in, and to engage all of these processes. And ultimately, the planning inspector decided to allow some of these to be installed and with each of these decisions being made on a case by case basis judging each site on its merit so they haven’t just given a blanket decision. So you can splatter Over the pavement. They’ve said, Look, we’ll look at where you’re putting them. We’ll look at what they’re replacing and and see if it’s appropriate. So we’ve actually put the vast majority of these boards either where there was already a board from the former provider. So the former providers contracts ended they’ve taken theirs out, and the new ones gone in exactly the same place, or they’ve been put in places where there’s already something on the pavement. So there’s a bench there, there’s a bin there, there’s something else that it’s right next to. So, this is not adding clutter to the pavement. It is sharing the pavement there, so lastly, for every screen we get rental income of 20,000 pounds per unit, the Council’s funds that supports work for people in our community and that is much needed income. So we’re really pleased to be providing that income for the other work that we do. Yes, it’s a bit disappointing to hear that. The planning inspector is a higher authority than our own planning department. But on these matters you mentioned the material that’s actually on those screens. And I was very pleased to hear that you’d signed the plant-based treaty. So I’m wondering if you consider amending the, the policy so that it doesn’t include animal derive products, and also ultra process food, is the new smoking crisis, a public health crisis that will lead to 50% of the world’s population being obese by 2050, according to the Lancet, will the Council, consider explicitly banning, all ufps ultra-processed foods including with low fat, low sugar, low, From Council owned sites in the corporate advertising policy, thank you. And so I’m answering on behalf of cancer, Chris Kennedy, who isn’t here. And who’s responsible, for that policy. Of course, when that policy is reviewed, will do very, very wide engagement and we’ll be looking at all of these issues including, very importantly, our, you know, our climate change, policies and sort of appropriate, ethical, and healthy food policies and so on, they’re ready. I don’t know. This policy off by heart, but I do know they’re already restrictions on on high sugar and high fat content. I don’t know what they extend to but yes of course. That’s something we should be looking at part of the the next review. Item 7 Council. Look at this. I set out Madam Speaker. Thank you. And thank you Madam Speaker. Thank you Councilor because for what is an incredibly important? Far-right, protests that we’ve seen in the country. It’s also a really important opportunity to remind colleagues across the Council. That Hackney has a long and very proud history of welcoming, migrants is an opportunity to remind you that we made a commitment in 2023. It’s a become a borough of sanctuary and the work that we are doing to officially join the growing. Work of local authorities who are in City of Sanctuary, Hackney’s Borough of Sanctuary group has now held a number of meetings working on the development of the councilwe. Framework and Action Plan, which will recognize the steps that we’ve already taken to support refugees. Migrants in the borough, the framework will also set out an action plan detailing, our priorities for the next three years. The work to become a borough of sanctuary is being cope produced by sanctuary ambassadors, who have lived experience of migration and seeking refuge. It’s also made of representatives from the voluntary and community sector, as well as officers from across council services, they’re working together to shape and ensure that we are being led by feedback and residents lived experiences. This work builds on a long history in Hackney. Of work, supporting migrants refugees and asylum Sykes. I’m looking around the chamber. he launched the borough’s First Sanctuary working group and this all this work also builds on the work that we’re doing with organizations like practice. German. English fraction, groundwork as well, as a Close-working relationship. We’ve had migrant forum. As I work to become a borough century progresses, I want to ensure everyone in the chamber. of the far, right? This council remains steadfast and it’s commitment to uniting our communities. prioritizing community, cohesion, and preventing division, we’re working toward publication of a framework and action plan in early 2026 after which, we will submit our application and officially Touchwood be recognized as a borough of sanctuary. Thank you. Madam Speaker. Thank you, Madam Speaker, and thank you, and Councilor Williams for that. Fantastic update. It’s great to see the work, progressing at pace and giving the urgency of recent events. It’s brilliant to hear such a comprehensible day, you spoke about community groups and local organizations interested to hear a bit more. in that. Will they continue to play a key part in shaping the strategy and bringing it to fruition? Thank you. Yes, I can confirm. That is the case Madam Speaker. They will be forming part of our final program as well. This October in just next month, they’ll have an opportunity to look through the draft action plan to finalize it before. That is opened up for an opportunity for members to to go through and look at as well. I would however ask you to bear in mind that this is work by migrants refugees and asylum seekers. And what we need to do is take into account their experience, their feedback and the co-production of this document. Thank you Madam Speaker. Care. of those who was crossed questions, even answer will get what Written which response which being in the minute. I’m now going to Coca-Cola a five, five minute come from right. Thank you. I think she’s on the way back after a lot. Please can members take their seats. have to plug myself back in, so I can hear myself and you Right, if we move on, thank you for supplying for coming back properly. a generator 11. Which we have 10 minutes before. Year, Two 24. 25. I know progress Report on Climate Cancers, Information Plan and This report is pronounced noting. I right counts the younger, the cabinet member for climate change, environment transport to introduce usable, you have up to two minutes. Thank you, there’s so much in this. It’s extremely difficult to decide which bits to pull out into minutes and but just to say just to start by saying there are a lot of pages in the pack today, which take taken up by this report If you don’t feel like pouring through the enormous amount of detail set out in there, there is a very nice set of visual. presentations, which is just a few pages of some kind of snapshots and highlights in Appendix 5. So I recommend having a quick glance at Appendix 5, if you haven’t, had a chance to read the whole thing as has been said, earlier this evening, talking about plant-based eating climate change is the biggest challenge, we face. I think we all know that in this room. And Hackney. took the bull by the horns on climate change. Before long before others, declaring a climate emergency way, back in 2019 ever since then we have been prepared to go first. And we’ve been prepared to take really hard steps and to make the sure that our borough will be a great place to live, not just for our children, but for our children’s children and also to make sure that it’s a great place to live right now because we all know that we’re already feeling the impact of climate change today. We’re seeing overheating. We’re seeing increased flooding more rain, you know, prices go up for many reasons, but one of them is climate change. So we are struggling as a result of climate change and we in Hackney are doing an enormous amount to challenge that and back in 2023, we published a climate action plan, which set out what we were going to do, at least for the next three to Is and we’re now heading into the fourth year of that plan. And we also said that we would report annually on how we are delivering and that’s what this report starts to do. And we also in 2023 held a really, really interesting and helpful and engaging climate jury with representative members of the community. and working on that jury to look at particularly overheating because overheating is really dangerous. And we saw that this summer, we saw it last summer and it’s a big issue in Hackney. So I’m really proud to be able to present the work. That shows the kind of exemplary work that our officers do across the Council under this report. And I’m going to leave you to look at the highlights yourself, but I’m hoping that others might bring us to some of them because I can see my lights. Gone, red, cheers. Can’t see young. Two members wishes to come in on this report. Okay. so, I’ve got A moment. I have cancer goals and cancer premiere, and catch a bit been in lavock, Okay, I would take cut because of all And Madam Speaker. And I welcome this update on hat is climbing Action plan Hackney Council under this labor administration is acknowledged the sectoral leader in our response to the challenge of climate change. We have installed. So solar panels in hackney homes, we’ve invested in Community Energy fund. We’ve supported electric vehicles. We’ve boosted recycling and supported a rich and diverse natural environment across our brilliant network of parks and green spaces. When the best areas in the world for cycling. A fairer greener, hackney is rightly one of the mayor’s priorities. The climate action, plan is ambitious a wide-ranging with fairness his heart. Sadly, it’s been referenced several times. This evening, we’re living in divisive times. There are many benefits to taking action on climate emergency, but the risks and benefits are not always equally distributed, the plan promises to design climate action with attention to those who may be negatively, infected and consult as wide as possible. In concrete panel across the commissions. We’ve taken a close interest in hacked his progress towards netzero, collectively, made 29 different recommendations and we are very pleased with the with the administration’s progress in response to our challenge, the climate emergency continues to be the focus of the Commission’s interest. Whether examining plans for Hackney’s light and power consultation, on consultation on low traffic neighborhoods, the health aspects of air quality will look forward to continue to challenge the administration to go further and faster towards a sustainable future, which could protect our planet for future generations. Cat Supreme. Thank you very much Madden, speaker and For the update, especially important in this time of increasing climate denial on where we face even greater challenges by that rhetoric and we welcome much of the progress around the implementation and that there are some delays with some some due to external funding available. I’m in spite the progress great to hear about the work of the jury on the adaptation. To do it with overheating and believe. There’s some way to go with assessing the climate, emergency response, plans and implementing much-needed retrofitting. and we’re aware that some delayed projects could have cumulative effects. and we can send them, maybe some regulatory policy gap CG and for the building standards and overheating. And there’s also concerning Clissold and indeed amongst other residents in Hatley around how much of permitted development and construction still runs counter to our climate action plan and implementation. taking into account that our key area must be council, social housing, which is which is so needed. looking at biodiversity mitigation, the runoff of water on and commitment to Or trees as carbon sinks and shade and cooling. It’s great. That there is the plan for many, more street trees, and trees, and parts. And, and open spaces that many residents have expressed that they feel still, there is a need to build in a better plan for them to thrive and survive. And additionally, that many are lost in private developments. Residents are concern to see the developments which seem to demolition rebuild Rather than the creative use of at least some part of the fabric of the existed buildings and should this not be reined in as part of the plan. It’s good cancer from you. Thank you. Thank you very much. I would like to echo. Counselor Young’s thanks to all the officers working. Really, really hard on this these projects, and on this plan, it’s really important and they’re doing some really great work. I would also echo Counselor Gordon’s in, you know, demand, that we go further and faster. You know, it’s really important and we see the graph on page 25 that emissions are still not following us of advice reductions that we’re aiming for. So we really want to, to get the Council back on track and see that that happening. And we know it’s difficult work and we really do appreciate all the work that’s going into it so far. My one area of clarification I think will be really helpful is the original plan talks about 600 to 700 Council properties for retrofit In the Social Housing, Decarbonization Fund project. And this report we see is a model for retrofit 35 of that have been done, which is great, but it does seem like it’s a bit short of the original plan for retrofit and we know, you know, it’s the mayor said earlier the climate justices is social justice. And social justice is really tied to housing justice and and housing retrofit is one of the ways that we can make sure that we don’t have the damp moldy homes that are causing people to be sick. And also, we can say, people huge money on there on their bills. So, yeah to get a bit more clarification about the about where, where we are in terms of that strategic partnership for warm homes and how we’re working with other borers, it would be great to know if as part of that partition, how many houses in the next three years of earmarked for that for retrofit? Thank you. to accept a great, which is so I think Obviously not. Can we agreed to note this report? And the appendices says I did ask you cancer. I think yourself sleep. Do you want to come in? Okay. This is the Overview Scrutiny report. These are horses for Notting. Can I call on cats? It’s a golden. So I’ve worked where you were. Chairs, Scrutiny Panel To introduce this. The report you have two minutes to do so. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I hate my battery emergency holds out and Madam Speaker. I’m pleased to introduce a scrutiny annual report. It’s been an eventful year for scrutiny and hackney in volatile, political and political, and geopolitical times. We have focused on providing independent cross party critical, but friendly challenges, the executive we’ve made robust recommendations for change when needed and followed up on them. We’ve been outward facing and hacked. His people have made huge contributions to scrutiny. Both the Council Chamber. s, as well as advocating from those vulnerable residents, who have the most need for council services. His voices are always heard. We’ve been subjected to external reviews Center for Governance and Scrutiny said there is evidence of scrutiny’s effective and makes a real difference to counsel. It’s residents The LTA reported the scrutiny system works. Well, it’s respected both in the council and by statutory partners. We’re pleased and proud to receive such positive feedback and committee to implement implementing the recommendations made as part of our continuous improvement journey. In scrutiny panel, our focus on energy’s been taken out with budget scrutiny. A critical responsibility in these challenging times for local government. We’ve interrogated budget proposals and fed into the budgets budget report Prioritizing Services, where they’re both needed why they promote our strong communities. An update to our cross-cutting climate scutony, recommendations identified the administration made good progress against targets. I will leave colleagues to present and cover the work of the other scrutiny commissions, with the exception of living in Hackney and his chair cannot be with us. This evening, she’s asked me to point out the living in Hackney has been robustly. Relentlessly focused on improving access to in the standard of housing and hackney. Finally, I’d also like to take to thank the very wide range. Of people have taken part in Hackney and made this happen in service the people of Hackney. So the counselors the residents and other contributors, And also, obviously to Tracy Anderson, her, brilliant team of scrutiny. We couldn’t have done it without them. Thank you very much. Plato. once said, Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it. That quote is fitting of the GPS in hackney. Who in 2012 were handed control over the health system of our borough? They made the decision to spend more money on primary care and prevention. But many, if not all of our neighboring balance. Putting 10 million pounds per year extra into preventative contracts. Fast forward 13 years and the most recent GP survey came before health in Hackney this year. The results were notable. across nearly all metrics hackney residents overall experience of their GP practice their ability to contact their GP, wait times and whether their needs were met, was not just a little bit better, but significantly better than regional London and national averages And we also know that the Homerton Hospital has some of the best. Times in the country. Whilst I accept the can be variations between surgeries and improvements. Can always be made. We need to make sure that we play our part in continuing to support our GPS. The GPs are no longer in control of the health system as over the last four years, that power has been centralized at a regional level. Those preventative contracts that has been so key to our success. are at risk of being level down in a review. That is currently taking place. So in my last year of chair of healthy, I wish to highlight the fundamental importance of those preventative, enhanced services contracts and stress of all of us should fight for their continuation. Thank you. Okay, that’s coming. Thank you. Madam Speaker. I am as ever proud to welcome the overview and scrutiny’s annual reports, which each year demonstrates, the breadth and depth of the work of scrutiny and hackney and is a testament to the dedication and commitment of everyone involved. Over the past year, the Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission has covered a wide range of topics including the School of State Strategy. Where we scrutinize proposals to close two schools and merge four primary schools, Decisions. Affecting large numbers of children, families, school staff, as well as individual on wider school communities in the borough in doing. So we considered financial pressures alongside the impact on inclusion and family choice, ensuring a balanced assessment at these, most difficult and sensitive proposals. We also reviewed the disabled children service. Hearing directly from families about the care respite and transitional support. they receive and the challenges they face in accessing these services, the Commission, also, followed up on previous recommendations in areas, including send provision support for care, leavers and unregistered, educational settings Ensuring progress is being made on all on issues raised in prior years in addition, we collaborated with other commissions on cross-cutting issues including maternal and mental health, disparities, and autism, and ADHD pathways and housing support for care leaders. We also launched our in-depth review into behavior management and inclusion in schools demonstrating, our continued commitment to reducing exclusion and increasing inclusion in school, hackney schools, which we will continue into the coming year, the value of scrutiny and hackney lies, not only in a wide range of topics including included in our work program, which as many members of cypr commission, will attest often seize our meetings running beyond 9:30. But Equally in how we do scrutiny and hackney at the heart of what we do, are the voices and experiences of children and families. Particularly those who are too often unheard beyond public sessions commission members, gather evidence through scoping exercises, surveys focus groups visits informal meetings and we invite a wide range of external contributors to our meetings. Ensuring our scrutiny, reflects the experiences of those whose lives, the directly affected the policies and services. We look at I would like to welcome this report. Extend my sincere. Thanks to all scrutiny members officers stakeholders and everyone who is contributed to the work detailed in the report. And in particular, I would like to thank our scooting officers for their dedication and support. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Speaker, as well as focusing on keeping the executive to count on delivery of the Council’s. Strategic plan, we prioritize issues raise raised by residents and businesses when setting out our work program with skills Economy, and Growth Scrutiny, Committee with that in mind, I just wanted to mention some of the work. We have scrutinized this last year. a big issue for residents, was a local traffic neighborhood consultations, but very much a key issue so we decided to have a look at this in more detail. We heard from officers about lessons learned in terms of the earliest schemes and and we learned, we heard how officers are doing much more face to face engagement before the formal consultation process starts. We heard about how the greater attempts to capture much more nuanced feedback that helped to shape delivery of these and schemes. Ordinary. Yes, and no questions that residents residents were often us. We also heard that 20 adjustments had been made with some filter locations changed in some of the 19 schemes in introduced over the last three years, showing the Council is listening, Our challenge back to officers was that this leads to be communicated much more clearly back to residents, especially around the more controversial schemes. One of the other big bits of work we looked at was a jobs and skills outcomes, and, and the need for residents to have access to the right skills for local. Employment. We looked at the challenges and barriers to Hackney’s successful apprenticeship program. opportunities for over 50s potential impact of AI and the work to support the up upskilling of the Council’s, workforce for the jobs of the future. We challenged officers on social value outcomes through procurements such as apprenticeships and will be following up on how we measure this success at a separate meeting. We heard about the green skills opportunities and the Circle economy, and how this provision is being mapped with our educational partners. We also challenged officers on Our broader environmental goals are being communicated to local educational. institutions and and the wider community. And we’ll be following up this year on pilot projects such as the Circular Economy Hub and the Green construction skills sent to build an East which very much key to visit as part of the work. this year. So I just wanted to finish on for many things more bits of work but I haven’t meant. But I just wanted to thank members and officers cabinet and all other stakeholders who Contributed to our scrutiny debate this year. Thank you. I’ve been told that cancer, but alone. Right. Thank you, Mariners began. Thank you colleagues for your contributions and explanation of the report. We want to extend our gratitude as well to all the residents have who have taken the time to contribute to scrutiny over the past year in particular, the families and young people who have a spoken openly frankly and often very very bravely. Your voice is really make our work real relevant and accountable. These proportions, how much good scrutiny has been covered from the school inclusion, autism pathways to homelessness, screening, spaces of financial, Overside, the one recommendation that we have a fairly recommendation is of the length provider for scrutiny. I know that the best efforts are putting, we can we can see that but we will and also recognize the pressures on the Council on the heavy workloads. But as Counselor Gordon said, we appreciate the effort in scrutiny leads to really ensure that we improve the quality of life of precedence. And for that reason, is that we want to recommend that we look into how we better manage scrutiny. Especially large databases that data sets complex issues and budget reports. Many of us know that papers can vary from hundreds to thousand pages and that’s one easy pass for anyone and I can I can imagine you But especially for those disabilities and accessibility, thank you. So my great channel this report Thank you. And I change. Awesome. First thing Standards Committee report I call on, Deputy Mayor Bramble shall Sanders Committee to introduce the report. You are two minutes. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I’d like to start by thanking all the officers that work on this commission and committee and all the members that sit cross party in the work that we do, the annual report presented before you is to highlight the work that’s been done over the last municipal year to follow the program of work, how the committee holds high standards and ethical governments and ensuring that members meet the code of conduct. in the report information is anonymized and talking about any, any complaint that has met the fresh hold. And then what has happened thereafter and also to look at ascertain if indeed any trends can occur from the data that has been There’s also a list of register of interests, Mum speaker and the more officer went as far as to say that members would go over and beyond what they had to declare to ensure that they were being open and transparent and we welcome that from members and may that continue. The pool also highlights the piece of work being done about the DBS checks, which was something that I recommended. And sometime ago, we pass it last November in this very chamber. oh, that’s, Bigger, thank you Council of Ramblin. And we’ve been very passionate about the work of a standards committee when the procedure changes, though we’re pushed through early this year, we want that they were rashed and like meaningful engagement with residents. Sally. We feel what we feel has happened. And is that the space for the democracy has been reduced? with that? The ability for residents voices to be brought into this chambers promotions? Unless there has been a response to the queries in China. Was talking about the Standards Committee. Not the Constitution. Oh sincere. Apologies thinking Thank you. It’d be good if you got. The right committee and It’s the same year towards to come in. It’s not it’s not removed from Am I allow a personal explanation? If you would talk about the work at standards committed me, it’s just that it’s human to make a mistake man and a speaker. And when you say it’s important to have a really understand it but it’s a human mistake. Thank you. Okay. Can we agree this report? Okay. I should write some 14 which note in the use of these special emergency provisions in these extra decision. Making can we doubt this? Okay. Gender item, 15. The Conservative motion. to Martin The immediate end of the two child benefit Cat. The Council has before for emotions to submitted by safety growth. The pose by cancer stunt member, He’s not here. What are you? There is. Right. Thank you. amendments. It’s been received from the labor group, which have not been accepted by the proposes second second there before this motion is scissors. Can I ask all those making some speeches and contributions by to be so saint in their comment? and the quotes for the cancer specie Rule 16.4, the total time For consideration of motions, it should not exceed 30 minutes. So cancer, Steinberg. Excited. Sorry, about quick point of order. The amendment I believe actually has the effect and negate the emotion the removal of the word immediate from the title. It’s not clarification. It’s a substantive change that I think is you know it to interpret that as to interpret that on behalf of the labor of the conservative group as, as being okay and not affecting the actual meat of the motion I think, is, is unacceptable. I see. See, as I said, and we’re going ahead. Thank you. Cancer Steinberg. I think Mother Speaker, the answer for clarification by that is why they’re going ahead but I’m here to introduce this motion. And I’ve always been against the benefit cap. Since when it’s come in, it’s a shame that it has to be politicized because that’s not what this motion is about. This motion is about stopping immediately, the benefit cut. and allowing, any family who has more than two children to get the child benefits, like they used to be and That’s okay. I’ve started right at the end. Where I put in on, pay on the 13. To write to all party leaders. that we should immediately change the benefit caps, I can’t for my life, and we think what’s wrong to write? True. For instance to the conservatively, the kami about it. I just don’t understand why it can’t be done. And it’s just, I even read today. That’s the In the deputy leader challenge, the main runner has actually one of the points, which you raised was to have the benefits. This the two child benefit capital immediately removed. So I think this is a very, very simple motion. I’m not asking so much all I’m asking for is that we want the big families without any games and And all these types of things are just going to waste money and do nothing. All we asking for is, we want all the big families to be able to have a child benefits for the children, doesn’t matter if it’s two children, three children, four children, and it’s affecting. I would say, a lot of families in Hackney Such a simple motion has been turned on its head. I can’t understand why, and I’m asking in, I would say it’s called in the 11th hour, please to remove any amendments and just support a simple motion, which all it’s about is you can add in the Conservative government started it. I’ve got no problem who started it that doesn’t bother me. I will point is that we want all the big families doesn’t matter. Any children about two children to be able to get the benefits. And you see it even in the current system, if you have twins. So, one of the children actually get which is also bit sweet. Is it the third rather thoughtful? But the irrelevant. So you see one thing that currently The benefits. The child benefit is only for two children. This has got to stop immediately. Without any contracts or consultations. I’m asking if you order support this and to ask the current government to change it immediately. Thank you and Speaker. I hope we can agree on this motion. That’s horizons. Thank you. Madam Speaker. I would like to move a motion to extend the meeting till 10 pass. For 10 minutes. Thank you. Casa Papaya. Jewish Second, this motion Speech. No. We have an amendment, which is proposed by Cancer Chapman and seconded by Cancer Potter. Since gender item, 15A cancer, Chapman and Cancer Potter. Do you wish to confirm that you wish to propose and second these amendments? wish I Was a member. Okay, if you wish to do, so that’s a Chapman, you have five minutes. Thank you, Madam Speaker, and thank you for the motion. I can reassure everyone that this is administration the wholeheartedly supports the removal of the two child benefit. Yeah. that is the Council’s policy already. And you recall that the mayor early today Reiterize with that in her, in her speech. The government task calls developing, the child poverty strategy will address this issue and we will continue to engage with them to bring about that change. Poverty and inequality remain a key priority for this administration. As the mayor referenced in US statement, she has worked closely and will continue to work closely with local members of Parliament. The child pottery task, force and campaign groups. So lobby. The government to repeal this conservative policy, If I could just draw attention to the conservative groups instruction, I would agree with almost all the rationale that counts the Steinberg presented in. support of the change. But I’ve got to say that the group was a whole seemed to be suffering from some sort of collected the amnesia. About how this cap came into being, I don’t think there’s anyone else in change chamber. It was that. And brought about all this misery here. They also seem to have a collective selected memory about the most serious challenge to the government’s current government’s ability to reverse it. the 22 million billion pound gap in the government finances, which was left as our inheritance. now, if we’re not successful in reversing this, but it fails for any reason the primary reason will be that the rectus fiscal management of whole succession of story prime, ministers that crash the economy and left us with the insufficient funds. We recognize the damage of the two child benefit has caused over 350,000 Children are affected nationally and in hackney over a third or a families. Have three or more children. Turning to the words of the motion, why we will, as us continues, engage with the government’s, our schools, we’ve submitted this amendment because it’s important that we don’t try to make this important issue of metal of political ping pong About who said, what in Parliament, and to make demands which we know a completely impossible. All our focus should be on continuing to engage with the task force and working with the government to implement change. So we can get rid of this cap. So finally, I would it would be missed if I didn’t draw attention to some of the important things that Hackney Council have done to support children in the world. This labor counselors built and access of the shore style, scheme by children and family hubs, throughout the bar. We’ve launched Affordable Charge Commission, we’ve run holiday, pay schemes and provided support to families in need via the Household Support Fund. That we’ve taken public health approach to violence and crime prevention, Proactively engaging with young people to ensure property. Prevention begins at the earliest stages of life. Built on a work in schools established from food policy, task force in Education, where the Council’s invested 300,000 pounds initiative. Support hills school meals. That’s just some of them. I’m sure my colleagues will enter that list. so Robert Speaker, I asked that we actually support the amendment and then once past support the motion, we’ve got to get rid of this cat. Yeah. And cancer Potter. You wish in the motion now, all if we have a debate, right? To reserve your right to speak. I’m happy to speak now. Thank you, Tessa gosh. thank you. Madam Speaker. I had a lot similar to say to what cancer Chapman say, so I’ll keep my much much briefer. I want to thank conservatives for bringing the motion, but I do want to remind them as Council Chapman did that. It wasn’t actually just the chart. The child two child benefit cap. It was a series of Successive measures are actually contributed to plunging. Hackney families into poverty. And that this Labor government is carrying out a holistic. Review, which hackney has fed into advocating for the cap to be removed. And also asking that wealth of benefits employment housing and childcare support. are considered in terms of a system that is capable of lifting families out of poverty and sustaining them in in employment as part of a holistic approach. We will continue to support these measures to address child poverty, hackney as set out in the amendment and look and forward to the task and force reports. which has been carrying out this vital work. So Madam Madam secret, I’ll keep it short. I ask members to vote to vote for this amendment. Do we wish to debate the amendment or move on? Remember and then discuss the Funny. So it’s by on the amendment, okay? I have So far been notified of character. so, who was Speak to the amendment. So, cats are out and cats and cats are garbut and the mayor. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I just want to say a few words about the amendments. I want to speak against the amendment because I think it’s refreshing to see. Are we debating it now? Or what are we doing? I don’t with the painting, the amendments even quieter to debate it. She was trying to say something and she’s just been distracted. So, if you let our finish washing, she wanted to say, Then we can move into that. yes, I’m just saying that, you know, she hasn’t said that with debating this we said yes. Okay, thank you. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I’ll carry on. I just wanted to say that I’m going to speak against the amendment because I find it refreshing to see the Conservatives recognizing a mistake, which was made by their own party, which had a real and significant impact on so many people’s lives, perhaps especially in the radio community in in our and it gives me real hope when I see parties recognize their mistakes and to seek to put things, right? So, I think it’s a shame that labor has chosen to introduce so many amendments and not to recognize the spirit of this motion because essentially, we’re all batting for the same thing here. So it would have been much more graceful and I think a much more sign of a collaborative, sort of politics. If the Labor group could simply have just accepted that the tour, emotion is a decent one and to vote for it. And finally Madam Speaker, I would say that I do think that we do deserve an explanation as to why The urgent and immediate has been overruled. Because I do think that they are significantly different things and that would come from the monitoring officer. Thank you. If we acknowledge the scale of poverty in Hackney, we need to be the best representatives. We can be and tell the government that they’ve got this wrong and we need to get rid of the two child benefit cap. Now not in any time in the future and not after a consultation. But immediately in answer to my question earlier, it turns out soon means about two years time. So it’s really concerning that you’ve dropped immediately from this motion. People are struggling today, and they need to know that our US as local representatives recognize that we know that the first 1,000 days of child’s life are the most important. So getting this right now is so important for children being born today, in Hackney, In the men’s introduction. You mentioned it was bought in by Conservative government and we have our conservative councilors bringing a motion to say they don’t support it and want to immediately end the two child benefit cap. They’re breaking with their national party to do the right thing, and we’re calling on you as labor colleagues to do the same. It feels like the the people in the room are putting your party before the needs of the residents and what we say, What were you say to families? When you next speak to them when they’re in poverty. How can you say? You’ve done everything? You can do to be advocating them to this government. You didn’t support wealth tax and you spend all the time this evening telling us, there’s no money and fed up. Hearing you debate, who left, who with less money? Well, the winners of the billionaires and the losers are Hackney’s children. It’s our role as elected members to act in the best interests of our residents and call out damaging ecology policy. So, reject, this amendment back, the motion unamended be allowed voice against this injustice and cause the immediate end of the two child benefits. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I’m actually speaking on behalf of Counselors Summit, are, who’s not here this evening? And hope certainly support the amendment. and recognize the ambition of the government to indeed lift this to child benefit Cat. and cemetery has said, we have a duty to protect the most vulnerable and to challenge false narratives stories about migrants and refugees, who refers to that supposedly are in quotes. Living off benefits are being used by reform, and right-wing media to stir fear. And school political points, the truth is very different people without legal. Status cannot play most benefits yet pilot schemes with care leaders, including a small number of asylum. Seeking children have been twisted online as if they were handouts These myths, spread fast, and facts feeling division, what the real crisis goes ignored, she does state that we do have to acknowledge the 14 years of austerity left by the chambers of the Tory government. They have to depleted person local authorities to make painful cuts. We agree that this cannot be one of them. The two child cap is pushing families into hardship. It means To home skip meals, and council school trips children paying the price with worse house, lost learning and limited life changes life chances. The key point is that we make that change as soon as is possible, we continue to lobby the the government and continue to give our views to the Child Property, Task Force. you. Move to vote. All those in favor the amendment. well, as you fight with the amendment, and he against, Any extensions, the amendments carried. We now debate, the substantive motion. Who wants to want to be debate? The status of motion Captain Martin’s capital, Lucas and Cancer Davis. Martin’s. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I welcome the mayor’s earlier, open remarks knowing her commitments, right to the new child, the child poverty task force, and to lobby. for our borough, I fully support. The government’s commitment when children at the heart of our national strategy and tackling child poverty investing in families, and ensuring that every child, regardless of background, has the chance to fly. Well, I cannot support. However, is the breathtaking hypocrisy of conservative counselors bringing forward this motion tonight, because that’s find ourselves of the facts. It was a conservative government that introduced the two child benefit. 2017. It was their policy policy that has pushed hundreds of thousands of children into poverty, a policy that forces parents to make impossible choices about putting food on the table heating their homes, or buying a school uniform And now suddenly Tory councilors want to post as defenders of children, where was this concern? When their government pressed, the head with austerity with benefit cuts with years of under investment in children services? Where was this concern? When families in our own communities were crying out for help. I should also note the hypocrisy of the green supporting this motion when their new party leader. Originally supported this policy when he was a lid down. labor has always been clear, we will build a fairer more compassionate system That means developing a child poverty strategy with the government’s established task force from early years through to education and health recognizing that tackling, child poverty requires more than words. It requires action investment and fairness. So yes, the two card benefit cap is a policy that must come to it end, but let’s not allow the architects of this policy now. Potentially the champions of change This labor group stands for children for families. And for real solutions, not for cynical political point scoring. So please vote for the emotion. Captain Lucas. Thank you. Madam Speaker. I mean, let’s be in. No doubt it is reprehensible, that one in two children had need living poverty but reducing poverty isn’t some technocratic objective for the Labor Party. It’s actually in our DNA and I’m proud of our party’s record on this. 600,000 children, lifted out of poverty between 97 and 2010 short start. And now best start family, hubs 30 hours of government funded childcare rises in the national living and minimum Wages Council Tax Reduction Scheme, close to home. I could go on and on and on and it is has been said before but we won’t take lectures. I’m afraid from the Conservatives on this. It was the Tories to introduce in 2017, you had close to a decade to reverse this policy and you did nothing. You provided over a decade of austerity, and more importantly, you crash, the economy and left the mess that we have to clear today. So that is why there is a child Poverty Task Force launched by the government. We’re feeding into that and we await it’s recommendations. The Council wants to see the two child benefit capitalist. Soon as possible. That’s our position. It’s been made very clear tonight and we’ll keep pushing for that and I must say, as well, we’ll keep pushing for changes that make a real difference on poverty. It’s in our DNA, not shouting from the sidelines, like Green colleagues across the chamber. Another, I wish thank you Speaker. The two child benefit cap is a policy of recognized harm and reports. This week’s stress, that 1.7 million children are now affected by the policy. So that’s many families, where parents work full-time already, but still can’t get by as said nearly half of children at the top poverty rate is 45% in Hackney. So that’s second. Highest in London. This policy is clearly a contributing factor and reason why that figure is getting worse. not better. We know that scrapping. It now would lift 350,000, children, out of poverty immediately. So an undetermined time in the future really isn’t acceptable if you’re so against it and it isn’t a commitment. So actually that’s quite hypocrisy myself. I always thought an acknowledge how several labor MPs defy, the whip when this came up and we’re suspended for it for something You supposedly support, I’m glad to see at least one of our MPs did vote scrap though. This week and a new vote. If more children as it is currently ported as well. End up in more poverty than at the start of this government’s term. And that will happen. If this policies stays in place, then those in power will have helped design that outcome. And it really doesn’t matter how many strategies or task force or report to talk about if you’re not taking action, doesn’t time. Please imagine some more failure right now, so it’s not not acceptable. Really But all I can see, is, I feel like crying while I’m seeing tonight. in my nearly 20 years of a counselor. As first time I brought a motion and I’ve also simple thing to help the children in Hackney and I’m not gonna go into politics. It’s I’m not here for that. I wanted one thing. That is again, the current leadership here, just not interested hundred million one excuses. I’m interested in politics, I care about the children, I don’t care which party. I want the children to get their money. So I’m shocked on what’s going on tonight with this motion and I definitely will not Support Amendment which makes a mockery of the whole motion. The members actually being a great. We’re actually great. device in the state of motion, but Okay. Well, we Unless everybody else’s cut was come in. I’ve moved to the vote. All those in favor, stand emotion as a mended. Okay. yeah, and against Absentions. Emotions carries. Thank you, everybody. I now declare the making clothes. If you’re able, please be up standing for the Speaker of the London Borough of