Agenda item

Councillor R Adcock-Forster to Move

Council acknowledges the vital role played by kinship carers in offering care to children when they most need it. In recognition of the immense value of care they provide and the enormous personal sacrifices they make, Council will write to Government in support of the recommendations of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care and its focus on restoring early help to families, supporting kinship carers and ensuring children can build lifelong links with extended family members.

Councillor A Surtees to Move

This council agrees that all our primary school children in County Durham should have access to nutritious and balanced free school meals and will write to the Government to urge them to extend free school meal provision to every primary school child in England.

Moved by Councillor R Adcock-Forster, Seconded by Councillor L Fenwick

Council acknowledges the vital role played by kinship carers in offering care to children when they most need it.  In recognition of the immense value of care they provide and the enormous personal sacrifices they make, Council will write to Government in support of the recommendations of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care and its focus on restoring early help to families, supporting kinship carers and ensuring children can build lifelong links with extended family members.

Councillors O Gunn, T Henderson, M Simmons, D Sutton-Lloyd and J Howey all spoke in support of the Motion.

The Motion was carried by consent of the Council.

Moved by Councillor A Surtees, Seconded by Councillor O Gunn

This council agrees that all our primary school children in County Durham should have access to nutritious and balanced free school meals and will write to the Government to urge them to extend free school meal provision to every primary school child in England.

Councillors M Wilkes, A Shield, J Elmer, D Boyes and S Quinn all spoke in support of the Motion.

Councillor Molloy informed Council he could not support the Motion because it would provide free school meals to all primary school children, regardless of how affluent their parents might be.

Upon a vote being the Motion was carried.