Notices of Motion
Notice of Motion’s shall be referred to the appropriate Committee meeting. The mover of the motion can outline the proposal and then it will stand adjourned. The motion may be debated to assist debate later if agreed by two-thirds of Council Members.
Notice of Motion 1
The following motion on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill has been presented by presented by Cllr G Hook and supported by Cllrs Dewhirst, J Hook, Jeffries, Keeling, Nutley, Nuttall, Rollason and Swain.
Do Members agree with me that the Chair/Leader should write to the Home Secretary and to the local MPs on behalf of this Council expressing the following opinion. Namely,
“Teignbridge Council supports the police in all its endeavours to uphold the law of the land and defend residents from any criminality. However, it is critical of the unnecessary draft legislation currently progressing through Parliament which threatens the very core of our democracy, namely the right to peaceful protest and assembly.
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Billcurrently proceeding through Parliament is considered to be a direct threat in various ways to the civil liberties and democratic traditions of this country, currently enjoyed by all citizens, namely the right to peaceful protest. In its current form the Bill seeks to empower the police to arrest participants in peaceful protest for simply carrying a banner and to give the Home Secretary the authority to define what is " reasonable". Something which this Council considers to be unacceptable”.
The Bill is criticised by MPs of all parties; it is criticised by numerous former high-ranking police officers and chiefs, who have stated that the bill is " a threat to democracy"; 350 organisations have written to the Home Secretary condemning the bill. The Police Federation and Association of Police and Crime Commissioners have not been consulted on the protest measures in the bill.
Minutes:
Least two third of members agreed to debate the Notice of Motion submitted by Cllr G Hook.
Cllr G Hook proposed his Notice of Motion on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. The Bill is criticised by MPs of all parties; it is criticised by numerous former high-ranking police officers and chiefs, who have stated that the bill is " a threat to democracy"; 350 organisations have written to the Home Secretary condemning the bill. The Police Federation and Association of Police and Crime Commissioners have not been consulted on the protest measures in the bill.
Cllr D Cox seconded the Notice of Motion and it was carried.
RESOLVED that the Chair/Leader write to the Home Secretary and to the local MPs on behalf of this Council expressing the following opinion. Namely,
“Teignbridge Council supports the police in all its endeavours to uphold the law of the land and defend residents from any criminality. However, it is critical of the unnecessary draft legislation currently progressing through Parliament which threatens the very core of our democracy, namely the right to peaceful protest and assembly.
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Billcurrently proceeding through Parliament is considered to be a direct threat in various ways to the civil liberties and democratic traditions of this country, currently enjoyed by all citizens, namely the right to peaceful protest. In its current form the Bill seeks to empower the police to arrest participants in peaceful protest for simply carrying a banner and to give the Home Secretary the authority to define what is " reasonable". Something which this Council considers to be unacceptable”.