(1) In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 13, Councillor R J Frost will move:
"Dover District Council welcomes the Government's proposals to curb the excesses of 'payday loan' companies.
Furthermore DDC will investigate the feasibility and costs of banning payday loan advertising sites from the council's entire computer network and asks KCC to do the same for all computers accessed in Libraries and Schools in the district."
(2) In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 13, Councillor M R Eddy will move:
"This Council seeks, as a matter of urgency, clarification from the Prime Minister of his scheme to provide financial incentives to local authorities which allow fracking within their areas. Specifically clarification is sought on the following issues:
1. As planning applications for mineral extraction are determined by the county council, will compensatory finance be provided to the county council or to the district council within which the fracking actually takes places?
2. As fracking, in its strictest sense, applies to the extraction of gas from shale, will the similar methodologies used in coal bed methane extraction be included in these compensatory mechanisms? and
3. What proposals does the Prime Minister have to ensure that sufficient funds will be available to local authorities at district and county level and at national level to deal with any environmental damage and other consequential losses if the proposed compensatory mechanisms prove to be insufficient?"
Minutes:
(a) In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 13, Councillor R J Frost gave notice of his intention to move the following Motion:
"Dover District Council welcomes the Government's proposals to curb the excesses of 'payday loan' companies.
Furthermore DDC will investigate the feasibility and costs of banning payday loan advertising sites from the council's entire computer network and asks KCC to do the same for all computers accessed in Libraries and Schools in the district."
The Motion was duly seconded.
It was moved by Councillor M R Eddy, and duly seconded, that the Motion be amended as followed:
"Following cuts to both in work and out of work benefits, more and more people are feeling the only places to which they can turn to get by are foodbanks and payday lenders. Dover District Council welcomes the Government's better late than never proposals to curb the excesses of 'payday loan' companies.
Furthermore DDC will investigate the feasibility and costs of banning payday loan advertising sites from the Council's entire computer network and asks KCC to do the same for all computers accessed in the Dover Gateway and in Libraries and Schools across the district.
DDC calls on the Government to take swift action to cap the cost of credit, give powers to councils to curb payday lenders on the High Streets and to raise a levy on payday lenders to fund and support credit unions.
This Council seeks urgently to implement the measures in its control and calls on KCC and the Government to do the same."
It was moved by Councillor P A Watkins, and duly seconded:
"That the question now be put."
On being put to the vote the amendment was LOST.
It was moved by Councillor M R Eddy that the Motion be amended as followed:
"Dover District Council welcomes the Government's proposals to curb the excesses of 'payday loan' companies.
Furthermore DDC will investigate the feasibility and costs of banning payday loan advertising sites from the council's entire computer network and asks KCC to do the same for all computers accessed in the Dover Gateway, Libraries and Schools across the district."
Councillor R J Frost, with the consent of his seconder, accepted Councillor M R Eddy's amendment within his original Motion.
On being put to the vote, the Motion was CARRIED.
RESOLVED: (a) That Dover District Council welcomes the Government's proposals to curb the excesses of 'payday loan' companies.
(b) Furthermore DDC will investigate the feasibility and costs of banning payday loan advertising sites from the council's entire computer network and asks KCC to do the same for all computers accessed in the Dover Gateway, Libraries and Schools across the district.
(b) In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 13, Councillor M R Eddy gave notice of his intention to move the following Motion:
"This Council seeks, as a matter of urgency, clarification from the Prime Minister of his scheme to provide financial incentives to local authorities which allow fracking within their areas. Specifically clarification is sought on the following issues:
1. As planning applications for mineral extraction are determined by the county council, will compensatory finance be provided to the county council or to the district council within which the fracking actually takes places?
2. As fracking, in its strictest sense, applies to the extraction of gas from shale, will the similar methodologies used in coal bed methane extraction be included in these compensatory mechanisms? And
3. What proposals does the Prime Minister have to ensure that sufficient funds will be available to local authorities at district and county level and at national level to deal with any environmental damage and other consequential losses if the proposed compensatory mechanisms prove to be insufficient?"
The Motion was duly seconded.
It was moved by Councillor M D Conolly that the Motion be amended to add the following:
"4. Will the business rates from fracking sites be simply be included in the current Business Rates arrangements, whereby:
· After 50% of total Business Rates goes to the Government, and
· A Further 50% of what remains goes to the Government as levy,
· And only 5% is left for upper tiers
· And 20% for districts
Or will it be a genuine 100% retained by Councils, in addition to all other funding from Government."
Councillor M R Eddy, with the consent of his seconder, accepted Councillor M D Conolly's amendment within his original Motion.
On being put to the vote, the Motion was CARRIED.
RESOLVED: This Council seeks, as a matter of urgency, clarification from the Prime Minister of his scheme to provide financial incentives to local authorities which allow fracking within their areas. Specifically clarification is sought on the following issues:
1. As planning applications for mineral extraction are determined by the county council, will compensatory finance be provided to the county council or to the district council within which the fracking actually takes places?
2. As fracking, in its strictest sense, applies to the extraction of gas from shale, will the similar methodologies used in coal bed methane extraction be included in these compensatory mechanisms? And
3. What proposals does the Prime Minister have to ensure that sufficient funds will be available to local authorities at district and county level and at national level to deal with any environmental damage and other consequential losses if the proposed compensatory mechanisms prove to be insufficient?
4. Will the business rates from fracking sites be simply be included in the current Business Rates arrangements, whereby:
§ After 50% of total Business Rates goes to the Government, and
§ A Further 50% of what remains goes to the Government as levy,
§ And only 5% is left for upper tiers
§ And 20% for districts
Or will it be a genuine 100% retained by Councils, in addition to all other funding from Government.