(Members Code of Conduct – Part 4A of the Constitution)

To receive disclosures of interests from members and co-opted members on matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.

An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.

Notes:

(1)          Members must consider their interests, and act according to the following:

(2)          Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to the Member concerned or their spouse/partner.

(3)          Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them.  A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

(4)          Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44.

Minute no. 38 – Notices of Motion

Councillors A Ahmed, Dodds, Engel, Felstead, Ferriby, Firth, Hinchcliffe, Iqbal, H Khan, Salam and Thirkill declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to notice of motion 12.1 (Climate impacts of the Combined Authority’s investment plans) in their capacity as members of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA).

Minute no. 39 – Food Safety in the Bradford District

Councillor Dearden declared a non-pecuniary interest on the basis that he operated a catering business in the Bradford District.

Recommended – That the minutes of the meeting held on 12 July 2022 be signed as a correct record (previously circulated).

(Guy Close – 07811 503906)

Resolved – That the minutes of the Council Meeting held on 12 July 2022 be signed as a correct record.

To receive any apologies for absence.

(Guy Close – 07811 503906)

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors P Clarke, Coates, Hickson and K Hussain.

(To be circulated before the meeting).

A copy of the Lord Mayor’s announcements had been circulated and published on the Council’s website.

(Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution)

Reports and background papers for agenda items may be inspected by contacting the person shown after each agenda item.  Certain reports and background papers may be restricted. 

Any request to remove the restriction on a report or background paper should be made to the relevant Strategic Director or Assistant Director whose name is shown on the front page of the report. 

If that request is refused, there is a right of appeal to this meeting. 

Please contact the officer shown below in advance of the meeting if you wish to appeal. 

(Guy Close – 07811 503906)

There were no restricted items.

To consider up to five requests for the Council to receive petitions in accordance with Standing Orders. 

(Farzana Mughal – 07811 504164)

Members were advised that the petition in relation to Grange House Surgery Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) had been deferred to the December Council meeting.

There are no public questions.

(Fatima Butt – 07970 411746)

There were no public questions.

To consider any further motions (i) to appoint members to a Committee or a Joint Committee; or (ii) to appoint Chairs or Deputy Chairs of Committees (excluding Area Committees).

That the following members and representatives be appointed:

a)    Councillor Matthew Bibby (Conservative Group) to replace Councillor Joanne Dodds (Labour Group) on the Bradford South Area Committee for the remainder of the 2022/23 municipal year with effect from 18 November 2022.

b)    Councillor Joanne Dodds (Labour Group) to replace Councillor Abdul Jabar (Labour Group) as an alternate on Bradford South Area Committee.

c)    Councillor Ralph Berry (Labour Group) to be removed as an alternate on Bradford South Area Committee.

d)    Councillor Whitaker (Green Group) to replace Councillor Hawkesworth (Ilkley Independent) on the Keighley Area Committee for the remainder of the 2022/23 municipal year with effect from 18 November 2022.

e)    Councillor Anna Watson (Green Group) to replace Councillor Wheatley (Labour Group) on the Shipley Area Committee for the remainder of the 2022/23 municipal year with effect from 18 November 2022.

f)     Councillor Caroline Firth (Labour Group) to replace Councillor Malcolm Slater (Labour Group) on Keighley Area Committee. 

g)    Councillor Malcolm Slater (Labour Group) to replace Councillor Caroline Firth (Labour Group) as an alternate on Keighley Area Committee.

h)    That Shifa Simab be appointed as voting co-opted parent governor representative on Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the remainder of the 2022/23 municipal year.

Resolved – That the following membership changes be approved:

a)    Councillor Matthew Bibby (Conservative Group) replaces Councillor Joanne Dodds (Labour Group) on the Bradford South Area Committee for the remainder of the 2022/23 municipal year with effect from 18 November 2022.

b)    Councillor Joanne Dodds (Labour Group) replaces Councillor Abdul Jabar (Labour Group) as an alternate on Bradford South Area Committee.

c)    Councillor Ralph Berry (Labour Group) to be removed as an alternate on Bradford South Area Committee.

d)    Councillor Whitaker (Green Group) replaces Councillor Hawkesworth (Ilkley Independent) on the Keighley Area Committee for the remainder of the 2022/23 municipal year with effect from 18 November 2022.

e)    Councillor Anna Watson (Green Group) replaces Councillor Wheatley (Labour Group) on the Shipley Area Committee for the remainder of the 2022/23 municipal year with effect from 18 November 2022.

f)     Councillor Caroline Firth (Labour Group) replaces Councillor Malcolm Slater (Labour Group) on Keighley Area Committee.

g)    Councillor Malcolm Slater (Labour Group) replaces Councillor Caroline Firth (Labour Group) as an alternate on Keighley Area Committee.

h)    That Shifa Simab be appointed as voting co-opted parent governor representative on Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the remainder of the 2022/23 municipal year.

i)     Councillor Karen Regan (Labour Group) replaces Sameena Akhtar (Labour Group) on Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

A written report by the Leader of Council giving an update on key issues will be circulated before the start of the meeting.  There shall be a period of up to 15 minutes during which any Member of Council may ask the Leader of the Council (or a Member of the Council nominated by the Leader) a question on any matter arising out of the written report.

The report of the Leader of the Council had been circulated and published on the Council’s website.

To deal with supplementary questions arising from the attached questions of which written notice has been given. 

Notes:

(i)         Answers to written questions shall be circulated at the commencement of the meeting.

(ii)        The Lord Mayor will have regard to the list of questions and the political composition of the Council in calling on Members to put their supplementary question to the Leader of Council and Portfolio Holders.

(iii)       A period of up to 30 minutes shall be available for supplementary questions to Members of the Executive.

1. Councillor Simon Cunningham

Will the Leader join me in congratulating the volunteers at Undercliffe Cemetery upon receiving the Queen's Award for voluntary service earlier this summer? Day in, day out, this dedicated team give up their free time to care for this very special place, ensuring it is preserved and enhanced for future generations.

2. Councillor Debbie Davies

Although the original Manchester Road park and ride proposal made little sense to me and many others in its entirety, a crucial part of any “park and ride” scheme is the parking bit, so to now proceed with half a scheme (just the “ride” bit), especially when it is budgeted at £15.3m compared to the £20m budgeted for the whole scheme which included a 750 space car park and public transport terminal building, seems even less likely be successful, so could  the Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, Planning and Transport confirm how many additional bus journeys the latest proposals are expected to generate?

3. Councillor Jeanette Sunderland

What steps does the Council take to ensure the safety of people, in particular children and their families, who are housed with registered providers that fail to meet regulatory standards?

4. Councillor Matt Edwards

Now that the Clean Air Zone has ‘gone live’, will the Leader of Council share the current proposals for managing the revenue that will be generated and what mechanisms will be in place for councillors from all parties to contribute to how this revenue is spent?

5. Councillor Marcus Dearden

Councillors and officers have driven the ambition and planning behind Bingley’s bid for the levelling up fund and it’s now down to the government to help make it happen.  Can the portfolio holder set out the significant benefits to be gained through Bingley’s bid into the levelling up fund and advise what are the next steps in terms of government assessing the bids?

6. Councillor Sabiya Khan

Does the Leader share my significant concern that the Government’s recent budget announcements have made the national cost of living crisis even worse and left even more people worrying about paying their bills?

7. Councillor Geoff Winnard

Would the Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, Planning and Transport please clarify, Bradford Council’s plans for future redevelopment of the old Bingley Town Hall, as this building will soon be unoccupied and there are local concerns that the building if not properly maintained will be left to become derelict?

8. Councillor Taj Salam

Will the portfolio holder give an update on the improvements the council is making  ...  view the full agenda text for item 36.

Details of the questions from Members to the Leader of Council and Portfolio Holders and the answers given had been circulated and published on the Council’s website.

There are no recommendations to consider.

(Guy Close – 07811 503906)

There were no recommendations to consider.

To consider notices of motion set out below:

12.1

Climate impacts of the Combined Authority’s investment plans

To be moved by Councillor Kevin Warnes

To be seconded by Councillor Anna Watson

Council notes that:

a)    all five West Yorkshire district councils - led by Bradford - declared a ‘climate emergency’ in early 2019;

b)    the West Yorkshire Combined Authority matched those declarations in June 2019;

c)    the Combined Authority issued its ‘Carbon Emissions Reduction Pathways’ study in July 2020;

d)    the Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, was elected in May 2021 with a pledge to “tackle the climate emergency and protect our environment”.

Council further notes, with concern, that:

e)    the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Carbon Impact Assessment Summary Findings Report (Mott Macdonald and Ricardo, January 2022) found that the Combined Authority does not yet have an overarching strategy that sets out the pathways that we need to follow in order to decarbonise our region by 2038;

f)     the above report stated that “many of the projects in the Combined Authority’s investment pipeline do not seem to be sufficiently aligned with decarbonisation goals”;

g)    the above report noted that “there was no formal process to track whether projects proposed for investment included an objective to addressing net zero, or to assess how likely any proposal will be supportive of West Yorkshire’s decarbonisation goals”;

h)    the above report warned that the change in carbon emissions resulting from the Combined Authority’s 41 proposed investments was “small” and represented “only 0.04% between the ‘do minimum’ situation and the ‘do something’ proposed”.

Council therefore requests:

1)    that the Leader of Council - in her capacity as both as a member of the Combined Authority and as Chair of the Combined Authority’s Transport Committee - and our Chief Executive work closely with the West Yorkshire Mayor and senior Combined Authority officers to urgently and fundamentally review the Combined Authority’s investment programme in order to ensure that its projects align with the Combined Authority’s stated aim of achieving a net zero carbon regional economy by 2038;

2)    that the Chief Executive updates Council on progress relating to both of the above before the end of the 2022-2023 municipal year.

12.2

Bradford District pays its respects to Queen Elizabeth II and welcomes King Charles III

To be moved by Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe

To be seconded by Councillor Rebecca Poulsen

With heavy hearts, communities across the Bradford District have paid their respects and offered their thanks for a life of public service to Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Her late Majesty the Queen touched the lives of many millions of people throughout her 70-year reign.  She first visited Bradford in October 1954, just 16 months after her Coronation, and continued to be loved and cherished by our communities across the district throughout the whole of her reign.

Queen Elizabeth II was highly regarded throughout the world, gaining respect for her measured, dignified and strong leadership through good times and bad.

The Bradford district welcomes King  ...  view the full agenda text for item 38.

Resolved – That the following notices of motion be approved:

12.1 – Climate impacts of the Combined Authority’s investment plans

Moved by: Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe

Seconded by: Councillor Alex Ross-Shaw

That with the addition of the following words the motion be amended to read as follows:

Council notes that:

a)    all five West Yorkshire district councils - led by Bradford - declared a ‘climate emergency’ in early 2019;

b)    the West Yorkshire Combined Authority matched those declarations in June 2019;

c)    the Combined Authority issued its ‘Carbon Emissions Reduction Pathways’ study in July 2020;

d)    the Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, was elected in May 2021 with a pledge to “tackle the climate emergency and protect our environment”.

e)    the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Carbon Impact Assessment Summary Findings Report (Mott Macdonald and Ricardo, January 2022) found that the Combined Authority needs to take further significant steps to align its investment pipeline with its ambitious climate goals;

f)     Combined Authority and council schemes are constantly under review to be able to deliver, within a more constrained financial climate, our clearly stated clean growth ambitions by 2038.

In response to the above,

• the Combined Authority has commissioned a number of projects, including the Carbon Impact Assessment project, the first of its kind nationally, which seeks to develop a robust new approach to support decision making that takes into consideration carbon impacts of proposals within the Combined Authority’s investment programme;
• The Carbon Impact Assessment project aims to develop methodologies for assessing the carbon impact of schemes as they progressed through the assurance process. It also carried out a number of assessments of existing projects (ones already being developed) from information submitted (mainly in the form of business cases).
• These assessments were carried out as part of the work to develop the Carbon Impact Assessment toolkit.
• the Carbon Impact Assessment has now been incorporated into the assurance process and all the documentation and guidance has been made available to promoters to use. The process represents a significant step forward in making sure that carbon impact can be considered by decision makers when deciding on the progress of a proposal;
• In October 2021, the Combined Authority also published its West Yorkshire Climate and Environment Plan, which formally sets out the steps that will be taken to radically overhaul the regional economy, creating new green jobs, transforming transport and ensuring warm, energy efficient homes for everyone;

Council therefore requests that:

• Bradford and West Yorkshire deliver at pace our carbon reduction ambitions.
• Bradford and West Yorkshire continue to report regularly on these important issues at:
  • Climate, Energy and Environment Committee at WYCA,
  • Investment Committee at WYCA
  • Transport Committee at WYCA
  • Council Executive as well as Regeneration and Environment Scrutiny
• Engage with the assurance framework produced from the Carbon Impact Assessment when assessing the capital investment programme and ensure that projects are taken forward that will help Bradford and West Yorkshire achieve its net zero ambitions.

12.2 – Bradford District pays its respects to Queen  ...  view the full minutes text for item 38.

To receive and consider a report from the Director of Health and Wellbeing, which as required by the Food Standards Agency presents the Food Safety Service Plan for approval by Council.

(Angela Brindle – 01274 433985)

The Director of Health and Wellbeing submitted a report, which presented the Food Safety Service Plan, as required by the Food Standards Agency, for approval by Council.

Resolved –

a)    That the work of the Food Safety Team, as documented in the Food Safety Service Plan, be supported.

b)    That it be approved that the proposed approach to performance monitoring and management of resources provides the necessary assurance that the delivery of food safety controls are in line with expectations.