(a)       To receive announcements from the Lord Mayor or the Chief Executive;

(b)       To receive announcements from the Leader, Cabinet Members or Committee Chairs.

The Lord Mayor referred to the recent death of Michael Foot, Freeman of the City of Plymouth, former politician, journalist and author, on 3 March 2010, at his home in London after a long period of ill health.

The Lord Mayor indicated that Michael Foot was born at Lipson Terrace in Plymouth, on 23 July 1913 and was educated at Plymouth College Preparatory School, later going on to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford.

In November 1935, only a few months after joining the Labour Party, he stood as a candidate in a by-election at Monmouth and became a Member of Parliament for Plymouth Devonport  in 1945.

His father, Isaac Foot, was himself a Liberal MP for Bodmin and Lord Mayor of Plymouth.

During the Plymouth campaign, he met his future wife, Jill Craigie, who was making a film in the city about the rebuilding of heavily bombed Plymouth.  She died in 1999.  

As MP for Plymouth, he fought for cash to rebuild the blitzed centre of the city and lost his seat in Plymouth Devonport in 1951 to Joan Vickers.  However throughout his life he retained a connection with the City through his passion for Plymouth Argyle.

He rose to Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980, becoming Leader of the Party in 1980 to 1983, and remained MP for Ebbw Vale until 1992.

Members of the Council stood, in silence, for one minute as a mark of respect.