Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames Meeting of The

ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL

16 JULY 1996

(7.30 - 11.11 pm)

The Mayor (Councillor Ian Reid) The Deputy Mayor (Councillor Revd. David Ward)

Councillors

Mick Amson Richard Lillicrap Brian Bennett Ian McDonald Justin Bradford Adrian J. McLeay Andrew Bull Steve Mama Paul Clokie Ian Manders David Cunningham Loraine Monk Patrick Codd, TD Jonathan Oates Dennis Doe Derek Osbourne Quentin Edgington Jenny Ozanne David Edwards Rajendra Pandya Toby Flux Anne Power David Fraser Julie Reay Dr. Albertine Gaur Ed Rosenthal John Godden Sally Scrivens Sue Goodship Jane Smith Gerry Goring *Jon Stratford Eileen Gray, OBE Jen Tankard Peter C. Gray Jeremy Thorn Julie Haines John Tilley Vicki Harris David Twigg Jeff Hanna *Mary Watts John Heamon Mary C. Watts Chrissie Hitchcock Kenneth Wootton Eric Humphrey Paul Wright

*absent

Rabbi Stanley Coten opened the proceedings with prayers.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Mary Watts.

13. MINUTES

RESOLVED that the minutes of the Annual Council Meeting held on 8 May 1996 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Mayor.

14. MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Super Sports Games

The Mayor announced that at a time when young people were vilified and pilloried in the press it was pleasing to report on the Super Sports Games, which had taken place on Saturday, 1st June 1996. All present joined the Mayor in congratulating Colin Cushing (gold medal winner); Louise Monk (bronze medal winner); and Andrias Pavlou (bronze medal winner) who were present in the public gallery. Sally Piercy had also won a bronze medal, but could not be present.

Young Person of the Year Award

The Mayor was delighted to announce that Harriet Steele from Surbiton High School had won the Newsquest (London) Limited South London Guardian Young Person Achievement Award and had received her award on Thursday 11th July at an event attended by the Deputy Mayor. All those present congratulated Harriet who was present in the gallery. For the past five years Harriet had befriended an elderly person and had been very supportive to her.

RNLI Gold Badge for Fund Raising

The Mayor was delighted that Maurice Blake, Chairman of the Surbiton Branch of the RNLI, had been awarded the Gold Award for Fundraising. He had been involved with the RNLI in Surbiton since 1968 and had been presented with his Gold Award by the Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, on 16th May. All those present congratulated Mr. Blake who was also in the gallery.

London Youth Games 1966

The Mayor announced that the London Youth Games had taken place on 14th July at Crystal Palace. The Royal Borough Team had won the gold medal for table tennis; bronze medals for lawn tennis, ski-ing and the boys’ 4 x 100m relay; they had won second place for show jumpers ‘turn out’; and the whole Borough team won the trophy for the most improved Borough, finishing 13th overall of the 32 compared to 20th last year.

All those present joined the Mayor in congratulating the medal winners and their managers, a number of whom were present in the gallery.

Honours

The Mayor congratulated all Borough residents who had been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours Awards this year, in particular, the Representative Deputy Lieutenant, David Jacobs, who had been awarded the CBE for his broadcasting and charity work and the daughter of last year’s Mayoress, Olly Grender, who had been awarded an OBE. The Mayor had written to the Deputy Lieutenant to offer the Borough’s congratulations.

Delft

The Mayor announced that this year was both the 750th anniversary of the establishment of Delft as a town and the 50th anniversary of Delft’s link with Kingston. The Mayor had attended, together with the Mayoress and the Leader of the Council and his wife the celebrations in Delft, earlier in the year. Also representing the Royal Borough was ‘First Circle’ a band with connections with Kingston University, whom he had subsequently entertained in the parlour.

Tolworth Girls’ School Musicians

The Mayor thanked the musicians from Tolworth Girls’ School who had played outside the Council Chamber for half an hour before the meeting. The Mayor had enjoyed attending the school’s annual arts evening and festival on Thursday 11th July.

Festival of Sport

The Mayor hoped that everyone would have an opportunity to look at the display board outside the Council Chamber with regard to the Festival of Sport and last week’s Youth Games.

Arts Festival

The Mayor announced that one of the first of his many duties on becoming Mayor was to attend a range of functions organised as part of the Kingston Arts Festival. This year’s arts festival had been a great success and the functions he had attended had been most enjoyable.

Bowls Match

The Mayor was pleased to report that the Mayor’s team had won the annual bowls match against the Association of Retired Council Officers; the annual match against the team from Epsom and Ewell would take place on Monday 22nd July and he hoped for a similar success.

Director of Environmental Services

The Mayor announced that although it was not the first Council meeting that Alan McMillen had attended, this was the first meeting that he had attended as Director of Environmental Services. All present congratulated him on his appointment.

Kingstonian Football Team

The Council had already congratulated Kingstonian FC on its achievement in winning the ICIS League Cup. The Mayor had hoped that the team would be present to receive the Council’s congratulations in person and show the trophy but, unfortunately, they were not able to attend because of holiday commitments. Nevertheless, the Mayor was sure that all Members would wish to join with him in wishing Kingstonian all the best for the coming season and, in particular, for their traditional pre-season friendly against Chelsea on 20th July.

Forthcoming Events

The Mayor announced that arrangements were being made for what was becoming the annual charity fashion show, which would take place on 17th September. More details would be circulated shortly but, as always, he hoped that many Members and officers would be able to support this event. This year the charity show would fall on the same evening as the London in Bloom prize giving where the Mayor would be represented by Councillors David Twigg and Jenny Ozanne.

The annual Crown Court service would take place this year on 30th September at 11am. Once again details would be circulated in due course, but the Mayor hoped that many of those present would be able to support that event as well.

15. QUESTIONS

(1) By Councillor David Twigg to the Chair of Education & Leisure Services Committee, Councillor John Heamon.

Would the Chair inform the Council of the impact of the opening of the new Fern Hill Primary School for education provision in North Kingston?

Thank you, Mr Mayor. I’d like to thank my colleague for this question. I’m glad to have the opportunity for reporting on the progress that we’re making in North Kingston.

The new Fern Hill Primary School becomes a school in its own right on 1st September 1996. The embryonic school was established in September 1994 as an annex to Coombe Hill Infant School. Since that time it has enjoyed a successful two years with 105 pupils already on roll and a full two forms of entry (60 pupils) ready for admission in September 1996.

The establishment of the annex and the continuing development of Fern Hill as a primary school in its own right has achieved two objectives. Firstly, the provision of additional places in the North Kingston area which has relieved pressure on other local schools. Secondly, the new school’s standard number of 60 fulfils one of the Council’s objectives in reducing class sizes. When the new school premises are completed in 1997, Fern Hill Primary School will offer parents in the North Kingston area an attractive opportunity for primary education in keeping with the high standard throughout the Borough.

(2) By Councillor Andrew Bull to the Chair of the Education and Leisure Services Committee, Councillor John Heamon.

Would the Chair inform the Council as to what measures have been implemented to improve the level of nursery provision in the last two years?

Thank you, Mr Mayor. Again, I thank my colleague for this question. As Councillors will remember, the report of June 1994 by the Director of Education recommended that nursery provision be expanded by the establishment of 52 part-time nursery places at each of the following schools and I’ll list them: Grand Avenue, Green Lane, King Athelstan, all of which were scheduled to open in September 1995; Coombe Hill Infants, Robin Hood Primary and Ellingham Primary, which were scheduled to open in April or September 1996.

These proposals were unanimously welcomed by the headteachers and governing bodies concerned. In addition, the Public Notice in connection with the new Fern Hill Primary School, to which I just referred, included provision for a nursery unit.

The establishment of the first three of the nursery classes - the September 1995 group mentioned above - was successfully implemented and they are now flourishing, providing an additional 156 part-time nursery places. The nursery provision at Fern Hill will become available when the new school building is completed for September 1997 and will add a further 52 part-time places.

It was subsequently agreed by the Education & Leisure Services Committee that the second tranche of these three nursery classes - the second three I mentioned - proposed in the June 1994 report should be deferred. This decision arose from constraints on the capital programme and was reinforced by the need for caution following the announcement of the nursery voucher scheme. The Director of Education & Leisure is continuing to keep this matter under review, and, indeed, we have set up a review group to respond to the progress of the voucher legislation as it unfolds. That group will also be reviewing the role of the two nursery schools.

More recently, discussions have been held with Kingston University and Robin Hood School concerning nursery provision. Following consideration of the matter at the Education & Leisure Services Committee meetings on 27th February and 26th March 1996, the University has donated accommodation for this purpose and planning permission is currently awaited. Officers and school management are discussing the nature of the provision to be made there.

(3) By Councillor Steve Mama to the Chair of the Policy & Resources Committee, Councillor Jeff Hanna

In the recent advertisement for the vacancy of the Director of Environmental Services, and in describing the diverse function of the job, no mention was made of highway and highway maintenance, nor of traffic management or traffic control. Is one to assume that yet another re-organisation has taken place by the powers that be and we, the elected Members, will hear of the news via the usual press releases and press comment?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I think that it is only fair to warn Members that this is the first of six questions tabled from Councillor Mama to myself . I am somewhat flattered at being seen as the source of answers to all of Councillor Mama’s problems. I am just saddened at the quality of the questions that he is offering this evening.

It was the Policy & Resources Appointments Sub-Committee on 1st May, which dealt with the arrangements for advertising this post. The first objective of the meeting was to approve the job description and person specification for the post of Director of Environmental Services. The person specification asked for a knowledge of all or some of a range of service areas, including engineering and transportation, including car parking, street cleansing, highway maintenance, traffic management, cycling and public transport. The agreed job description specified that the Director would have responsibility for all staff in planning, waste management and recycling, building control services, and engineering and transportation. In addition the recruitment package for candidates contained background details on highway services and maintenance, and traffic management and control.

When publishing an advertisement in the national press one has to find a balance between giving sufficient information to attract candidates and limiting what is very expensive newspaper space. The recruitment package sent to candidates gave full details; the advertisement copy need not do so. It cannot go into endless detail.

The question I would ask is, Mr Mayor, given that that is the situation, I am puzzled as to why Councillor Mama felt the need to raise the question. He was present at the Policy & Resources Appointments Sub-Committee on 1st May throughout that discussion. He was fully aware of the answer to the question, before it was raised; and in conclusion, Mr. Mayor, could I share the congratulations that you have already offered to Mr. McMillen in his appointment to the post?

Supplementary

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Of course the Chairman knows I was present, but the question was why did not the advertisement refer to the requirement for road maintenance and traffic management and traffic control which are so essential of the dual directorship as it is now?

The question has been answered, Mr. Mayor.

(4) By Councillor Steve Mama to the Chair of the Policy & Resources Committee, Councillor Jeff Hanna

This question was withdrawn with a request for a written reply.

(5) By Councillor Steve Mama to the Chair of the Policy & Resources Committee, Councillor Jeff Hanna

In making exaggerated claims that huge savings have been made as a result of directorate or departmental re-organisations since taking office, will the Chairman say when was the last time that a subjective and systematic analysis was made of Council expenditure showing the proportion of our expenditure devoted to services as compared to administrative costs?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I’m not aware of having made any exaggerated claims about huge savings being made, although I would certainly say that the Liberal Democrat record for making savings within directorates on the basis of department reorganisation is a good one. We have sought to ensure that administrative costs have been saved in that way.

But in answer to the second part of the question, every year the Council undertakes a thorough and exhaustive review of budgets and expenditure. This begins with an overall budget forecast and review of Policy Statements in the autumn and culminates in each Committee reviewing the detailed budget and service plans in February. The budgets approved by Committees, for each service, state clearly the amounts spent on support services and other administrative expenses. In addition, the total budget for all Council Services clearly distinguishes between the central support costs in Policy & Resources and those direct service costs incurred by Strategic and Neighbourhood Committees.

In making use of this analysis, we have been able to distinguish between administrative cost and front line service costs. As a result, we have achieved greater savings in administrative costs. The information leaflet “Setting the Council Budget” prepared by the Director of Finance shows that, for this year, the reduction in administration costs amounted to 6% whereas, for example, there were no reductions in the aggregate schools budget.

Supplementary

Isn’t Councillor Hanna contradicting yet himself once again by saying that he has made no exaggerated claim when he just stated that they made big savings in administrative costs by the system he just described? Isn’t he contradicting himself? Isn’t he fooling himself once more that he hasn’t made those claims?

I think what I’ve said is fact, Mr. Mayor. If Councillor Mama wishes to establish that it is exaggeration then he needs to come forward with some figures of his own.

(6) By Councillor Steve Mama to the Chair of the Policy & Resources Committee, Councillor Jeff Hanna

Will the Chairman inform the Council the number of employees, excluding teachers, who were on strength on 1st April 1994, 1st April 1995 and 1st April 1996, and the number of registered disabled persons employed as a percentage on each of the three dates?

Thank you, Mr Mayor. 2,209, 2,170 and 2,062. 0.72, 0.78 and 0.82.

Supplementary

Is the Chairman of the Policy & Resources Committee satisfied that as the largest employer in the Borough we are doing our best to employ registered disabled people in our employ?

Thank you, Mr Mayor. Yes, I am satisfied that we are doing our best and that our procedures are extremely good in seeking to achieve a good proportion of disabled persons. There has, as Councillor Mama will be aware, been a quota system where 3% was set as a target. That target is, in fact, being withdrawn, because of the difficulties experienced by the majority of employers in achieving the target and there is new legislation coming through which will place a duty of reasonable adjustment on employers to help overcome practical difficulties by an employer’s premises or working arrangements.

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames already has the following provisions in place which mean that we more than comply with the requirements of this new legislation:

First of all, the Council is committed in its equal opportunities policy to ensuring that employees and job applicants with disabilities do not receive less favourable treatment in any matters to do with employment as a consequence of their disability.

Secondly, all disabled job applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the person specification of the post for which they apply will be guaranteed an interview.

Thirdly, if a disabled job applicant is unsuccessful for the post for which they applied then they will be offered a general interview about other opportunities within the Council.

Fourthly, if an employee becomes disabled or has a disability that worsens, every effort will be made to accommodate them in their current post in terms of modifying duties or purchasing equipment to assist them. However, if this proves impossible, redeployment into a more suitable post will be explored with assistance from the Occupational Health Unit.

Lastly, if an employee is unable to continue in their post as a result of an injury sustained during their normal duties and no suitable redeployment can be found, an injury allowance will be paid to them up until normal retirement age to compensate for loss of earnings.

I think that we can be quite proud of our record in that respect, Mr. Mayor.

(7) By Councillor Steve Mama to the Chair of the Policy & Resources Committee, Councillor Jeff Hanna

Will the Chairman explain what was the basis of arranging future Policy & Resources Appointments Sub-Committee meetings on 1st May when the composition of the Policy & Resources Committee itself could not be legally made until the statutory Annual Council meeting on 8th May; and was it not presumptuous to arrange a future timetable for the Sub-Committee meetings even before it was re-constituted and re-appointed by the parent committee?

Thank you Mr. Mayor. I think the answer is no, it was not presumptuous. No more presumptuous than it was for the Policy and Resources Committee to consider the entire Committee schedule for the Municipal year on 30th November 1995 and for full Council to agree that calendar on 12th December 1995 - a practice which this Council has had for quite a period of years and which I have never heard Councillor Mama object to. The basis of arranging the P & R Appointments Sub-Committee meeting was exactly the same.

Supplementary

Wasn’t Councillor Hanna aware that the draft programme considered by the full Council on 30th November and January is merely a draft programme and the actual dates of Committee meetings are appointed by the statutory meeting of the Council and thereafter Sub-Committees are only appointed by the parent committee once they are appointed by the statutory Council? Any arrangements before that are draft and certainly tentative and subject to endorsement by the Council.

I would have thought that the point has been made already, Mr. Mayor, but if Councillor Mama would like a fuller response, as he will know because he was at the meeting of the Sub-Committee, it was desirable to agree a timetable of future meetings in order to fit in with the overall timescale for the appointment of the Director of Environmental Services. As the next meeting of the Sub-Committee after its 1st May meeting was not likely to have been until mid-June, it would not have been sensible to have waited until then to set future dates. Councillor Mama will be aware from his observation of the senior appointments process over the years that it is usual practice to set a forward programme of dates at the first meeting of the Sub-Committee. I do not think that it is presumptuous to make such arrangements. On the contrary, it seems helpful to all involved to agree a programme of dates in advance. Nor do I think it is necessarily relevant that the Policy & Resources Committee itself had not then been reconstituted. By 1st May each of the political groups would have known who their nominees for appointment to the Committee would have been, and in most cases, their nominees for the Appointments Sub-Committee. It is interesting to note that the majority of the Councillors appointed to the Sub-Committee by the Policy & Resources Committee on 13th June were Members last year. Councillor Mama was not a Member of the Sub-Committee, nor is he this year. My commiserations to him.

(8) By Councillor Steve Mama to the Chair of the Policy & Resources Committee, Councillor Jeff Hanna.

In the May 1996 circular to all RBK colleagues the Chief Executive reported that he has agreed his priorities “with the Leadership and the Council”. Would the Chairman inform Councillors as to how and when they, the elected Council, reviewed and set out the priorities for the Chief Executive, including further work on Neighbourhoods?

Will the Chairman also inform the Council as to who authorised inviting other UK local authorities to descend on the Royal Borough on 11th and 12th July to compare notes on the introduction of Neighbourhoods and what is the estimated cost of the two day jamboree?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Sadly, the last of the questions, but yet another question when Councillor Mama knows much of the answer because he was present at the meeting.

The Chief Executive’s priorities for 1996/97 were approved by the Policy & Resources Committee’s Senior Staff Sub-Committee on 16th April last. That Sub-Committee, acting under delegated powers on behalf of the Policy & Resources Committee, is responsible for dealing with the Chief Executive’s performance related pay. An integral part of that process is to agree the remit - or aims and objectives - to which the Chief Executive should work and against which his performance is assessed. That is what was agreed on 16th April.

I understand from the Chief Executive that, as a precursor to preparing the report that was submitted to the Sub-Committee on his draft aims and objectives, he had discussions with the Leaders of both the Opposition Parties about the issues he perceived as needing attention, and to identify those issues which they felt he should be addressing. He also had a similar discussion with the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council and myself.

In his report to the Sub-Committee, the Chief Executive made it clear that, in response to paragraph 7 of his job description (to enhance the Council’s corporate image both through the Directors’ targets and the work of the Information Office) and at the request of the Leadership, a conference was being promoted in Kingston this summer on Neighbourhoods and good democratic practice. The first of Mr Quoroll’s objectives for 1996/97, as agreed by the Sub-Committee, is: “Further development of the democratic process and opening up forms of public participation.” Two specific sub-sets of that objective are : “chairing an officer working party on Neighbourhoods/exploring new forms of democratic accountability;” and secondly, “work on Kingston Devolution Conference/enhancing the democratic process.”

As Councillor Mama may recall “developing the Neighbourhood budgetary and financial process” was added to this objective by the Sub-Committee itself.

The other matter that Councillor Mama raises is the cost of the 2-day, and he describes it as a jamboree, while my understanding is that it was a highly successful conference, greatly valued by the participants, and was to the credit of this Borough, officers and Members for the work that was undertaken over the past two years and for the lead that has been established in devolving power in Local Government. It is interesting to note from the membership of those who attended that quite a number of Labour Councils were represented and saw the conference to be of value to them in their own deliberation and planning. There were a total of 13, some of whom I might mention, Braintree District Council, Chester-le-Street District Council, Dartford District Council, Greenwich London Borough, London Borough of Hounslow, Kings Lynn Borough Council, the London Borough of Merton, London Borough of Lewisham, Sheffield City Council. So the conference clearly was of great value and, in terms of the actual costs of the conference, figures have yet to be finalised because there are invoices still being received, but it looks as if we will make a marginal profit in the order of £1,000 and I don’t think that profit will have been eaten into to any great extent by the lunch that Councillor Mama himself enjoyed.

Supplementary

In the light of the fact that it was merely a Sub-Committee of the Policy & Resources Committee that decided the Chief Executive’s priorities, was it not a somewhat presumptuous and exaggerated claim by the Chief Executive to say that he decided his priorities and the Council were in full agreement? Where did the Council come into it? Would he really answer the question?

No. Decisions were made within agreed Council procedure.

16. PETITIONS

The following petitions were presented, in accordance with Standing Order No. 7, by the Councillor indicated:

(1) Councillor John Tilley From residents, mainly in King Charles Road, Surbiton, objecting to the withdrawal of the K8 bus from service.

(2) Councillor Steve Mama From residents of Cambridge Road, Cleveland Road and adjoining roads, New Malden, concerned about parking problems in these roads.

The Mayor indicated that, in accordance with Standing Order No. 8(A), the petitions would stand referred to the appropriate Committee for consideration.

17. MOTIONS

(1) Proposed by Councillor David Cunningham Seconded by Councillor Dennis Doe

“This Council deplores any organisation which advocates violence of any kind and distributes material which aids and encourages violence, as was done recently by the Green Anarchists at the Green Fair in Canbury Gardens. As a consequence, this Council will

(i) investigate immediately what means are available to it to prevent such literature being circulated on its property in the future;

(ii) give full support to police efforts to detain those who circulate such material, as happened recently in Hampshire, when six individuals allegedly connected to the Green Anarchist publication were arrested, and charged with conspiracy to incite others to cause criminal damage.”

(2) Proposed by Councillor John Godden Seconded by Councillor David Edwards

“This Council believes that the combination of an increase in the basic rate of income tax of 1p, the introduction of a new top rate of 50p, a European energy or carbon tax, and a tax on car parking, would have a severe effect on the residents of the Royal Borough of Kingston, and would oppose moves by any political party to introduce such a raft of tax increase.”

(3) Proposed by Councillor Derek Osbourne Seconded by Councillor Jeremy Thorn

“This Council recognises the traditional role of the UK, over the last five hundred years, in welcoming genuine refugees and asylum seekers, and opposes the Asylum and Immigration Bill, which will inflict further suffering on those who have suffered enough.

This Council particularly opposes :

(i) the creation of a ‘white’ list of countries, including Nigeria and Sri Lanka, which are considered to be safe, but in which minorities are seriously at risk;

(ii) the stringent rules on initial entry which put unreasonable demands on refugees to prove that they are genuine asylum seekers;

(iii) the attempt by the Government to remove the right to benefit, housing and work for refugees and asylum seekers, which can only plunge people further into poverty and puts heavy burdens of support and care on ethnic minority support organisations and on local authorities such as RBK;

(iv) the lack of income support for families with young children or people with disabilities;

(v) the increased burden placed on employers by the requirement to carry out the duties of immigration officers, the potential for increased racial discrimination in employment and the adverse effect on employers’ commitment to implement equal opportunities policies, as recognised by the CBI, the TUC and the Association of British Chambers of Commerce;

(vi) the creation of exploitative working conditions, including the illegal employment of children, which is likely to result from the denial of any kind of earned or benefit income;

(vii) the increase in the powers of the police, contained in Clause 7(3) of the Bill, to search individuals, or forcefully enter premises of, for example, friends, family, employer or place of worship, which has serious implications for police-community relations; and

(viii) the increase in racial harassment that is likely to result from this further tightening of what are already some of the western world’s strictest asylum laws, including the shift in responsibility for policing the laws onto employers and other professionals.

This Council therefore believes that the Government should withdraw the Bill.

This Council further believes that, if the Bill is not withdrawn, the Government must:

(i) take every care to ensure that people are not returned to their countries of origin where they will be at risk of their well-being or lives, or to third countries from which they will be expelled without due process;

(ii) establish a firm appeals procedure that allows ultimate appeal to the International Court of Human Rights, without fear of expulsion before the appeals procedure is completed; and

(iii) exempt families with young children, people with disabilities and other vulnerable individuals from the withdrawal of rights to work and shelter.

This Council welcomes the decision of the appeal court, which rules that the removal of benefit for asylum seekers was unlawful.”

(4) The Mayor indicated that, in accordance with Standing Order No. 8(A)(5), the motions set out in (1) and (2) above would stand referred to the appropriate Committee for consideration. In relation to (3) above, the Mayor exercised his discretion under Standing Order No. 8, so that the motion could be considered at the meeting.

(5) On the requisition of the Council, in accordance with Standing Order No. 12(1), a recorded vote was taken on the motion set out in (3) above, with Members voting as follows:

For the Motion : 31

The Mayor (Councillor Ian Reid), the Deputy Mayor (Councillor Revd. David Ward), Councillors Brian Bennett, Andrew Bull, Toby Flux, Sue Goodship, Gerry Goring, Julie Haines, Jeff Hanna, Vicki Harris, John Heamon, Chrissie Hitchcock, Richard Lillicrap, Ian McDonald, Adrian McLeay, Steve Mama, Ian Manders, Loraine Monk, Jonathan Oates, Derek Osbourne, Jenny Ozanne, Anne Power, Julie Reay, Ed Rosenthal, Sally Scrivens, Jen Tankard, Jeremy Thorn, John Tilley, David Twigg, Mary C. Watts and Paul Wright.

Against the Motion : 11

Councillors Paul Clokie, Patrick Codd, David Cunningham, Dennis Doe, Quentin Edgington, David Edwards, David Fraser, John Godden, Peter C Gray, Eric Humphrey and Kenneth Wootton.

Not Voting : 4

Councillors Dr. Albertine Gaur, Eileen Gray, Rajendra Pandya and Jane Smith.

(6) There being a majority for the motion, it was declared carried.

18. REPORT (NO. 2A) OF THE POLICY & RESOURCES COMMITTEE (Pages 16-19)

(1) Councillor Jeff Hanna moved and Councillor Derek Osbourne seconded the reception of the report of the meeting of the Policy & Resources Committee, held on 4 July 1996, and the adoption of the recommendations contained therein.

Paragraph 1: Capital Programme and Resource

(2) An amendment was moved by Councillor Jeremy Thorn and seconded by Councillor Toby Flux, the effect of which was:

(a) to insert in paragraph 3 of the recommendation:

“Works at Hazelbank, Knollmead and Alpine Avenue - £44,000 in 1996/97.”

(b) to amend paragraph 4 of the recommendation to read as follows:

£000 “Chessington, Hook and Malden Rushett 44 Kingston Town 57 New Malden 42 Old Malden 27 Royal Park 42 Surbiton 52 Tolworth 34 TOTAL 298;” and

(3) On the requisition of the Council, in accordance with Standing Order No. 12(1), a recorded vote was taken on the amendment set out in (2) above, with Members voting as follows:

For the Amendment : 23

Councillors Mick Amson, Justin Bradford, Paul Clokie, Patrick Codd, David Cunningham, Dennis Doe, Quentin Edgington, David Edwards, Toby Flux, David Fraser, Dr. Albertine Gaur, John Godden, Eileen Gray, Peter C. Gray, Eric Humphrey, Steve Mama, Loraine Monk, Rajendra Pandya, Julie Reay, Jane Smith, Jeremy Thorn, Kenneth Wootton and Paul Wright.

Against the Amendment : 25

The Mayor (Councillor Ian Reid), the Deputy Mayor (Councillor Revd. David Ward), Councillors Brian Bennett, Andrew Bull, Sue Goodship, Gerry Goring, Julie Haines, Jeff Hanna, Vicki Harris, John Heamon, Chrissie Hitchcock, Richard Lillicrap, Ian McDonald, Adrian McLeay, Ian Manders, Jonathan Oates, Derek Osbourne, Jenny Ozanne, Anne Power, Ed Rosenthal, Sally Scrivens, Jen Tankard, John Tilley, David Twigg and Mary C. Watts.

Not Voting : 0

(4) There being a majority against the amendment, it was declared lost.

(5) On being put to the meeting, the recommendations set out in paragraph 1 of the report were declared carried.

Paragraph 2: Corporate Identity

(6) On being put to the meeting, the recommendation set out in paragraph 2 of the report was declared carried.

19. REPORT (NO. 1A) OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE (Page 20)

(1) Councillor Julie Haines moved and Councillor Brian Bennett seconded the reception of the report of the meeting of the Community Services Committee held on 27 June 1996, and the adoption of the recommendations contained therein, subject to a correction in the list of members present to provide that Councillors Chrissie Hitchcock and Rajendra Pandya attended as the alternate members for Councillors Jon Stratford and Jane Smith respectively.

(2) On being put to the meeting, the recommendations set out in the report were declared carried.

20. REPORT (NO. 1B) OF THE POLICY & RESOURCES COMMITTEE (Page 21)

(1) Councillor Jeff Hanna moved and Councillor Derek Osbourne seconded the reception of the report of the meeting of the Policy & Resources Committee held on 13 June 1996.