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Council Meeting
Wednesday, 15th July 2026 at 2:00pm
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The Mayor of Rotherham
1 Announcements
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2 Apologies for Absence
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John Edwards
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The Mayor of Rotherham
3 Minutes of the previous Council Meeting
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- Council Meeting 15th May 2026
- Council Meeting 20th May 2026
- FINAL Letter from the Leader to T (public Q1)
- FINAL Letter from the Leader to Martyn Shepherd (public Q2)
- FINAL Letter from the Leader to Cllr Z Collingham (statement)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Cusworth to Cllr Thorp (supplementary Q1 and Q2)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Thorp (supplementary Q6)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Thorp (supplementary Q7)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Thorp (Q9)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Thorp (Q10)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Allen to Cllr T Collingham (supplementary Q11)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Beresford to Cllr Ball (Q14)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Bennett-Sylvester (supplementary Q15)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Marshall to Cllr Bennett-Sylvester (Q16)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Bennett-Sylvester (supplementary Q19)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Bennett-Sylvester (supplementary Q20)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Ball (Q23)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Ball (Q24)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Beresford to Cllr Ball (Q25)
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Allen to Cllr Tinsley (Q27)
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Cllr Chris Read
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The Mayor of Rotherham
4 Petitions
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5 Declarations of Interest
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Cllr Cameron McKiernan
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Cllr Amanda Clarke
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Cllr Joshua Bacon
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Cllr Adam Carter
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The Mayor of Rotherham
6 Public Questions
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Public Speaker
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Cllr Chris Read
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Public Speaker
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The Mayor of Rotherham
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Cllr Chris Read
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Public Speaker
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The Mayor of Rotherham
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Cllr Saghir Alam
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The Mayor of Rotherham
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Public Speaker
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The Mayor of Rotherham
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Cllr Saghir Alam
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Public Speaker
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The Mayor of Rotherham
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Cllr John Williams
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Public Speaker
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The Mayor of Rotherham
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Cllr John Williams
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Public Speaker
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Cllr Chris Read
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Public Speaker
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The Mayor of Rotherham
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Cllr Chris Read
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Public Speaker
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The Mayor of Rotherham
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Cllr Saghir Alam
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Cllr Joanna Baker Rogers
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Public Speaker
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The Mayor of Rotherham
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Cllr Saghir Alam
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Cllr Joanna Baker Rogers
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Public Speaker
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The Mayor of Rotherham
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Cllr John Williams
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Cllr Lynda Marshall
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Public Speaker
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The Mayor of Rotherham
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Cllr John Williams
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The Mayor of Rotherham
7 Exclusion of the Press and Public
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8 Leader of the Council's Statement
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Cllr Chris Read
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Cllr Joshua Bacon
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Cllr Zachary Collingham
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Cllr Chris Read
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Cllr Simon Currie
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Cllr Adam Carter
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Cllr Joshua Bacon
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Cllr Gregory Reynolds
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Cllr Rachel Hughes
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Cllr Chris Read
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9 Recommendation from Cabinet - Primate Licensing
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Cllr Saghir Alam
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Cllr John Williams
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Cllr Simon Currie
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Cllr Saghir Alam
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10 Cabinet's Response to the Health Select Commission Scrutiny Review - Access to Contraception
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Cllr Saghir Alam
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Cllr Joanna Baker Rogers
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Cllr Chris Read
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Cllr Victoria Cusworth
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Cllr Drew Tarmey
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Cllr Saghir Alam
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Cllr Joanna Baker Rogers
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Cllr Eve Rose Keenan
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Cllr Eve Rose Keenan
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Cllr Brian Steele
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Cllr Saghir Alam
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Cllr Joanna Baker Rogers
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The Mayor of Rotherham
11 Thriving Neighbourhoods - Updates from Hoober Ward Councillors
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Deputy Mayor
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Cllr Terry Adair
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Cllr Denise Lelliott
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Cllr John Williams
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Cllr Simon Currie
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Deputy Mayor
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12 Thriving Neighbourhoods - Updates from Keppel Ward Councillors
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Cllr Simon Currie
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Cllr Gill Garnett
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Cllr Tony Harrison
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Cllr Simon Currie
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Cllr Simon Currie
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12 Thriving Neighbourhoods - Updates from Keppel Ward Councillors
13 Notice of Motion - Protecting Children, Supporting Honest Businesses and Cracking Down on Illicit Vapes, Tobacco and Underage Sales
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Cllr Adam Tinsley BEM
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Cllr Joshua Bacon
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Cllr Zachary Collingham
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Cllr Cameron McKiernan
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Cllr Amanda Clarke
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Cllr Cameron McKiernan
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Cllr Donna Sutton
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Cllr Drew Tarmey
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Cllr Charlotte Carter
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Cllr Chris Read
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Cllr Victoria Cusworth
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Cllr Eve Rose Keenan
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Cllr Brian Steele
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Cllr Timothy Baum Dixon
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Cllr Ashiq Hussain
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Cllr Taiba Yasseen
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Cllr Adam Tinsley BEM
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14 Notice of Motion - Debate Not Hate
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Cllr Chris Read
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Cllr Victoria Cusworth
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Cllr Joshua Bacon
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Cllr Zachary Collingham
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Cllr Saghir Alam
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Cllr Saghir Alam
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Cllr Joanna Baker Rogers
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Cllr John Williams
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Cllr Lynda Marshall
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Cllr Adam Carter
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Cllr Simon Currie
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Cllr Donna Sutton
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Cllr Rukhsana Ismail
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Cllr Timothy Baum Dixon
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Cllr Ashiq Hussain
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Cllr Taiba Yasseen
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Cllr Eve Rose Keenan
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Cllr Brian Steele
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Cllr Chris Read
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Cllr Chris Read
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Cllr Chris Read
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Cllr Victoria Cusworth
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15 Notice of Motion - Stop Polluting our Rivers and Hiking our Bills
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Cllr Adam Carter
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Cllr Drew Tarmey
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Cllr Chris Read
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Cllr Eve Rose Keenan
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Cllr Brian Steele
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Cllr Joshua Bacon
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Cllr Zachary Collingham
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Cllr Adam Carter
16 Notice of Motion - Supporting further measures for Water Safety - Save Lives for Sam
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Cllr Jodie Ryalls
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Cllr Adam Tinsley BEM
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Cllr John Williams
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Cllr Lynda Marshall
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Cllr Nigel Harper
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Cllr Robert Taylor
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Cllr Adam Carter
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Cllr Victoria Cusworth
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Cllr Simon Currie
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Cllr Timothy Baum Dixon
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Cllr Joshua Bacon
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Cllr Zachary Collingham
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Cllr Ashiq Hussain
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Cllr Taiba Yasseen
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Cllr Chris Read
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Cllr Jodie Ryalls
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The Mayor of Rotherham
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Phillip Horsfield
17 Notice of Motion - Protecting Rotherham Residents’ NHS and Council Data - Rejecting Reliance on Palantir
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Cllr Ashiq Hussain
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Cllr Taiba Yasseen
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Cllr Mick Bower
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Cllr Gill Garnett
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18 Minutes of the Cabinet Meeting
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Cllr Chris Read
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Cllr Victoria Cusworth
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19 Audit Committee
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Cllr Jamie Baggaley
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Cllr Timothy Baum Dixon
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Cllr John Blackham
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20 Health and Wellbeing Board
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Cllr Saghir Alam
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Cllr Joanna Baker Rogers
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Cllr Chris Read
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Cllr Victoria Cusworth
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21 Licensing Board and Licensing Committee
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Cllr Gill Garnett
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Deputy Mayor
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22 Planning Board
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Cllr Jamie Baggaley
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Cllr James Mault
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Cllr Nigel Harper
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Cllr Robert Taylor
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23 Staffing Committee
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Cllr Saghir Alam
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Cllr John Williams
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Cllr Lynda Marshall
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24 Standards and Ethics Committee
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Cllr Cameron McKiernan
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Cllr Cameron McKiernan
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Cllr Amanda Clarke
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Cllr Julia Hall
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Cllr Tom Collingham
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25 Members' Questions to Designated Spokespersons
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26 Members' Questions to Cabinet Members and Chairpersons
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Phillip Horsfield
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27 Urgent Items
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- FINAL Letter from the Leader to Cllr Z Collingham (statement), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Cusworth to Cllr Thorp (supplementary Q1 and Q2), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Thorp (supplementary Q6), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Thorp (supplementary Q7), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Thorp (Q9), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Thorp (Q10), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Allen to Cllr T Collingham (supplementary Q11), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Beresford to Cllr Ball (Q14), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Bennett-Sylvester (supplementary Q15), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Marshall to Cllr Bennett-Sylvester (Q16), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Bennett-Sylvester (supplementary Q19), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Bennett-Sylvester (supplementary Q20), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Ball (Q23), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Williams to Cllr Ball (Q24), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Beresford to Cllr Ball (Q25), opens in new tab
- FINAL Letter from Cllr Allen to Cllr Tinsley (Q27), opens in new tab
- Cover Report - Primate Licensing, opens in new tab
- Appendix 0 - Cover Report - Primate Licensing, opens in new tab
- Appendix 1 - EIA - Primate Licence, opens in new tab
- Appendix 2 - CIA - Primate Licence, opens in new tab
- Covering Report - Access to Contraception, opens in new tab
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- Hoober Ward Report - July 2026, opens in new tab
- Keppel Ward Report - July 2026, opens in new tab
- Con - Notice of Motion - Illegal Vapes and Underage Sales, opens in new tab
- CrossParty Motion - Debate Not Hate, opens in new tab
- Lib Dems Motion - Stop Polluting Rivers, opens in new tab
- Cross Party Motion - Water Safety, opens in new tab
- Cross Party Motion - Palantir, opens in new tab
- Cabinet 11th May 2026, opens in new tab
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