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Councillor Stevens

Councillor Fry 

With the withdrawal of government funding on planning aid, has it helped or hindered planning processes?

Councillor Fry welcomed any initiative that speeded up decision making but did not have the detail.

2

CouncillorWildy

Councillor Bowyer

Hierarchy of Lord Mayor’s engagements and position of remembrance service and military events. 

Councillor Bowyer undertook to look at the list to ensure that events were accorded the proper respect.

3

Councillor Evans

CouncillorMrs Watkins

Council response to the Ministry of Justice Green Paper on access to justice.

CouncillorMrs Watkins indicated that she had had a meeting with the Social Inclusion Unit and undertook to provide a written reply with a copy of the response made to the green paper.

4

Councillor Evans

CouncillorMrs Pengelly

Internet petition about forestry to save Cann Woods.

CllrMrs Pengelly undertook to look at the petition and think about signing it.

5

CouncillorTuohy

CouncillorMrs Pengelly

Clarification sought about whether previous question related to Ham or Cann Woods.

CouncillorMrs Pengelly confirmed that it was Cann Woods.

6

Councillor Stevens

CouncillorMrs Pengelly

Provisions of the Localism Bill and whether she agreed with Eric Pickles as to which were inappropriate to be determined at local level.

CouncillorMrs Pengelly undertook to provide a written response.

7

Councillor Evans

CouncillorWigens

Equality impact assessment on the use of the camera car ands issues for the disabled with drop offs from taxis.

CouncillorWigens indicated that if a report should be done, one would be done and he would take advice from Anthony Payne and Clive Perkin as to when it could be carried out. He undertook to respond by e mail and would investigate as a matter of urgency.

8

Councillor Williams

CouncillorWigens

Review of the strategy for subsidising buses and inaccurate response from officers on a particular bus route.  

CouncillorWigens asked that he was furnished with a copy of the officer’s response so that he could investigate and indicated that the review would be published within the next two months approximately.

9

Councillor Evans

CouncillorWigens

Subsidised bus review to be considered before or after the budget?

CouncillorWigens indicated that if it needed to be before the budget round, it would be.  He undertook to provide a response to Councillors Evans and Williams.