To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 10 October 2011 and the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 18 October 2011.     

The Lord Mayor moved for approval the minutes of the meetings of the City Council on 10 October and the Extraordinary General Meeting on 18 October 2011.

Arising from minute 66 of 10 October 2011, councillors indicated that they had not received the Council’s response to the consultation exercise on the licensing regime for adventure activities and Councillor Sam Leaves (Cabinet Member for Children and Young People) indicated that no date had been specified for the circulation of the information.

An amendment was moved by Councillor Stevens, and seconded by Councillor Evans, on minute 65 – Planning application 11/00750/FUL (Motion on Notice 11) to add the following bullet points to the issues raised –

• that Councillor Lock was stealing Christmas from many, many residents in Plymouth;
• amongst others he had been compared to Ebenezer Scrooge;
• that in his previous attempt to explain his decision he tried to pass the buck to officers;
• many planning officers will now miss Christmas events;
• the current Planning Committee gave the impression of being chaired by a Liberal Democrat.

Following discussion on the amendment and the content of minutes generally, the amendment was subsequently withdrawn.

Following an adjournment, it was agreed that –