Agenda and decisions
PDF 261 KBVenue: Council Chamber, Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street, London E8 1EA
Contact: Natalie Williams, Senior Governance Officer
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Speaker's Welcome |
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Tributes to Former Councillor Mrs Frances Pearson 19 August 1967 - 24 July 2023 |
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Apologies for Absence |
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Declarations of Interest Members are invited to consider the guidance which accompanies this agenda and make declarations as appropriate. |
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Minutes of the Previous Meeting To consider the minutes of the meeting held on 18 September 2024 Additional documents: Decision: RESOLVED: That the minutes of the previous meeting held on 18 September 2024 be agreed as a true and accurate record of proceedings. |
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Petition - Hackney Stands With Palestine Break the Link with Haifa Since September 1968 the London Borough of Hackney has had a formal twinning relationship with Israel’s third largest city, Haifa. In the light of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Palestine and the ongoing brutal occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, this relationship supports an apartheid and genocidal regime. Hackney PSC, supported by Hackney Stop the War, believes that this relationship violates Hackney Council’s publicly declared progressive values.
We, the undersigned, therefore call on Hackney Council to immediately end its twinning with Haifa, and end its complicity with Israel's ongoing crimes.
Petition Leader - Sussan Rassaoulie, Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign Decision: RESOLVED: To note the receipt of the petition and its contents. |
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Questions from Members of the Public A member of the public who lives, works, or studies in the Borough can participate in Full Council meetings by asking a question.
The deadline for questions from members of the public is 12 noon, four clear working days before the meeting (Wednesday, 20 November) If you wish to submit a question you can do so by emailing governance@hackney.gov.uk or via the Council’s website.
A supplementary agenda setting out any public questions received after the publication of the main agenda will be circulated shortly after this deadline. |
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Elected Mayor's Statement |
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Questions from Members of the Council 10.1 From Cllr Soraya Adejare to the Cabinet Member for Employment, Human Resources and Equalities
The earliest formal record of African presence in Hackney is 1630. With December 2024 marking the end of the UN International Decade for People of African Descent, can the Cabinet Member please advise on how this is being recognised and the principles of justice and development enacted?
10.2 From Cllr Penny Wrout to the Cabinet Member for Homelessness Prevention, Rough Sleeping and Temporary Accommodation
In 2021 Hackney introduced significant changes to the eligibility criteria for its Housing Register. What work has been done to monitor the impact of these changes on overcrowding and poverty levels in the borough and whether it has resulted in any cost savings or additional expenditure for Hackney Council?
10.3 From Cllr Anna Lynch to Mayor Woodley
Can the Mayor provide an update on the refurbishment of Kings Hall Leisure Centre in Homerton ward and the benefits this will provide to reducing health inequalities?
10.4 From Cllr Davis to the Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Delivery, Inclusive Economy & Regeneration
Shared ownership schemes are marketed as affordable but often burden buyers with hidden costs like rising rents and unpredictable service charges. Given these issues, will the Council reconsider the use of these schemes in any form of 'affordable' housing quotas, in favour of building more council-owned homes in Hackney?
10.5 From Cllr Jon Narcross to the Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Environment and Transport
It is great to hear that work will shortly commence on the Whiston Estate in Haggerston to install solar panels across the estate giving residents access to a new microgrid. Could the Cabinet Member update on priorities to ensure Hackney remains at the forefront of green transition?
10.6 From Cllr Claudia Turbet-Delof to the Mayor
Can the Mayor give us an update on the 2023/2024 Manifesto commitment to explore the creation of a Hackney Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice?
10.7 From Cllr Ben Lucas to the Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Regulatory Services
The pernicious crime of ‘snatch’ thefts is rising in Hackney, with criminals on often illegal e-bikes, regularly acting as part of organised gangs, stealing with impunity. What steps is the Council taking with the Police, other partners, and other councils, to address this urgent issue and provide assurances to residents?
10.8 From Cllr Zoë Garbett to the Cabinet Member for for Finance, Insourcing and Customer Service
Would you agree that the majority of residents who fall into debt do so because of circumstances beyond their control – and the solution is increased debt relief through the money hub plus co-designed payment plans, not the use of enforcement agencies and bailiffs which stigmatise and aggravate the situation?
10.9 From Cllr Gilbert Smyth to the Cabinet Member for Finance, Insourcing and Customer Services
Recognising that the new government is strengthening the Community Right To Buy; whether it’s a pub, theatre or music venue - does the Council have a list of local ... view the full agenda text for item 10. |
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Opposition Sponsored Business Green Group: Supporting Action to Reduce Drug Death and Drug Harm in Hackney. |
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Standards Committee Annual Report 2023/24 Report of the Deputy Mayor and Chair of the Standards Committee Additional documents: Decision: RESOLVED: To note the Standards Committee Annual Report 2023/24 as set out at Appendix 1 of the report. |
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Review of Political Balance and Appointments to Committees and Commissions Additional documents:
Decision: RESOLVED:
1. To note the revised political proportionality that applies to Committees, Sub-Committees, Commissions, Panels and Boards as detailed in the report and Appendix 1. 2. To approve the appointments appearing in Appendix 2for the remainder of the municipal year |
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Motions |
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Labour Group Motion: Ending Stigma and Discrimination of the Care Experienced Community Additional documents: Decision: Labour Motion: Ending Stigma and Discrimination of the Care Experienced Community
Hackney Council notes:
1. Care experienced people face significant barriers that impact them throughout their lives. 2. Despite the resilience of many care experienced people, they too often experience stigma and disadvantage; 3. Care experienced people often face discrimination and stigma across housing, health, education, relationships, employment and in the criminal justice system. 4. Care experienced people may encounter inconsistent support in different geographical areas. 5. As corporate parents, councillors have a collective responsibility for providing the best possible care and safeguarding for the children who are looked after by us as an authority. 6. All corporate parents should commit to acting as mentors, hearing the voices of looked after children and young people and to consider their needs in any aspect of council work. 7. Councillors should be champions of the children and care leavers in our care and challenge the negative attitudes and prejudice that exists in all aspects of society. 8. The Public Sector Equality Duty requires public bodies, such as councils, to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, and victimisation of people with protected characteristics.
This Council further notes: 9. That care experienced people are a group who are likely to face discrimination. 10.Councils have a duty to put the needs of people facing inequalities of outcome as a result of socio-economic disadvantage, at the heart of decision-making through co-production and collaboration. 11.Hackney Council’s Equality Plan identifies looked after children, care experienced people and care leavers as a group who are “vulnerable because of life experiences” 12.Hackney’s Equality Plan states the Council will “ensure that services are taking account of the needs of these groups in policy and practice” by:
o including data and an analysis of the needs of looked after children, care leavers and care experienced children in the Council’s refreshed equality profile that is linked to service planning and equality impact assessment guidance. o developing the Council’s understanding of their needs through sharing lived experience of inequalities and of council services. o identifying specific proactive actions that are also needed through this needs assessment.
13.That looked after children, care experienced people and care leavers have been included in the Council’s new Equality Impact Assessment Guidance and forms, due to being identified as a group of people facing inequality of outcomes locally.
This Council therefore resolves:
14.That in the delivery of the Public Sector Equality Duty the Council includes care experience in the publication and review of Equality Objectives and the annual publication of information relating to people who share a protected characteristic in services and employment, as outlined in Hackney’s recently adopted Equality Plan. 15.That this Council will continue to treat care experience as if it were a Protected Characteristic. 16.To encourage other bodies to treat care experience as a protected characteristic until such time as it may be introduced by legislation. 17.For the council to continue proactively seeking out and listening to the voices of ... view the full decision text for item 14a |
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Green Group Motion: Support of a Wealth Tax to Fund Public Services Decision: RESOLVED: That this motion having not been debated, be referred, without discussion, to the next ordinary meeting of Full Council for discussion. |
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Hackney Independent Socialist Group Motion: End the Hostile Environment Against Migrants Decision: RESOLVED: That this motion having not been debated, be referred, without discussion, to the next ordinary meeting of Full Council for discussion.
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Green Group Motion: Opposing the Two Child Benefit Cap Decision: RESOLVED: That this motion having not been debated, be referred, without discussion, to the next ordinary meeting of Full Council for discussion.
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