Issue - meetings

Oral Question  1 - To the Leader of the Council from Councillor Gorrie:

Which of the major decisions, or decisions on individual cases, taken by the now discredited previous senior management of Children's Services, are going to be reviewed in the light of the JAR and Ofsted report on the poor quality of that decision making?

Oral Question 2 – To the Cabinet Member for Housing Services from Councillor Bull:

Can the cabinet member update us on the implementation of Introductory Tenancies and; what impact they feel this will have on antisocial behaviour?

Oral Question 3 - To the Cabinet Member for Resources from Councillor Williams:

With regard to the published summary of Standards Board for England case SBE21513.08, can he explain in what circumstances he feels it is appropriate to obtain independent legal advice while discharging his duties a Haringey Cabinet member?

Oral Question 4 - To the Cabinet Member for Community Cohesion and Involvement from Councillor Jones:

Will the cabinet member let us know what actions he has taken, or will be taking to improve the service provided by the council’s customer service centres following his visits to them in late December?

Oral Question 5 –To the Leader of the Council from Councillor Winskill:

In response to a question I posed to the Leader at December's OSC about the press and PR arrangements during the baby P case, the names of three PR and media companies were declared exempt because one did not want to have its identity revealed for fear of the negative impact of being associated with Haringey. Are there any other suppliers, contractors, consultants or others, who do or wish to do business with Haringey, that have made the same or similar conditions about revealing their name(s)?  If so, how many and what areas of the council services do they represent?

Oral Question 6 - To the Cabinet Member for Environment and Conservationfrom Councillor Dodds:

Will the cabinet member provide some detail about the proposed action plan to address non-compliant lines and signs?

Oral Question 7 - To the Cabinet member for Environment and Conservationfrom Councillor Weber:

Will the Cabinet Member for Environment please explain for public accountability purposes why residents CPZ petitions, requesting inclusion or exclusion of the slow CPZ process or the Fast Track CPZ process are not placed in the public domain for all to see? 

Oral Question 8 – To the Cabinet Member for Environment and Conservation from Councillor Demirci:

Can the cabinet member outline what improvements will be made to public footpaths following the announcement of the Council’s rights of way improvement plan?

The Mayor agreed to the admission of this Item as urgent business. Under Standing Orders, notice of questions was not requested until eight clear days before the meeting, following which matters raised had to be researched and replies prepared, in order to be given at the meeting.

There were 8 oral questions and 25 for written answer.

Oral Questions 7 and 8 were not reached in the allotted time and written answers would be supplied to these questions.