Haringey Debate - 'The Housing and Planning Bill, including the extension of right-to-buy: what impact will the bill have on housing in Haringey?'
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Minutes:
The Chief Executive outlined theformat for the debate as follows ;
The Leader of the Opposition – Cllr Engert would give a 5 minute introduction on the purpose and objectives of the debate, to be followed by a presentation byBen Rogers - External speaker – from the ‘Centre for London’ .The external speaker would be given 10 minutes to address the meeting. Following this there would be a 45 minute debate time slot with a maximum of 3 minutes speaking time for each speaker. At the conclusion the Lead Opposition Member, and cabinet Member would give a brief response.
The Mayor welcomed Ben Rogers to the Council meeting.
The Mayor asked Cllr Engert to, and Cllr Engert gave a brief introduction to the debate topic 'The impact of the Housing Bill on Haringey's residents and housing stock’.
The Mayor asked Ben Rogers address the meeting for up to 10 minutes. Following the address the Mayor advised that there would now be a debate for 45 minutes, and that members were asked to speak for no more than 3 minutes each.
A debate then ensued.
At the end of the debate the Mayor asked Cllr Engert to sum up, followed by Cllr Strickland – Cabinet Member for Housing & Regeneration in response to the debate.
At the conclusion of the debate the Mayor thanked all members for their participation.