Motion
D 2018/19
Proposer: Cllr Morris
Seconder: Cllr da Costa
Council notes:
- The
invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union on March
29 2017 with the result that the UK is due to leave the European
Union on March 29 2019
- That at the
time of submission, no agreement has been reached on a post-exit
relationship between the UK and the EU
- That the
Greater London Assembly along with the London Boroughs of Merton,
Richmond and Hammersmith & Fulham have all passed motions
endorsing a People’s Vote
Council further notes:
- The likely
negative economic and fiscal impacts of Brexit
i.
The Government’s internal analysis of
Brexit concluded that output would be
hurt under every scenario modelled and could reduce the UK’s
economic output by 8%.
ii.
The Centre for European Reform estimates that as of
June 2018, the UK’s public finances were £23 billion a
year (or £440 million a week) worse off than they would have
been without the possibility of Brexit
- The likely
negative impact of Brexit on public
sector recruitment. For example, the Nuffield Trust estimates that
an interruption to migration from the EU could lead to a shortfall
of as many as 70,000 social care workers by 2025/26
- That an
estimated 54,000 Haringey residents are nationals of another EU
member state. This represents almost a fifth of the borough’s
population
- That Haringey
voted 75.6% to 24.4% to remain in the 2016 referendum. The fifth
highest in the country
- That a
People’s Vote has now been endorsed by:
i.
The Members of Parliament for Hornsey & Wood
Green and Tottenham
ii.
Sadiq
Khan, the Mayor of London
iii.
Francis O’Grady, President of the Trade Union
Congress
iv.
The Royal College of Nursing, Prospect, the GMB,
Community, the TSSA and the British Medical Association
v.
The leaders of the Liberal Democrats and the Green
Party
vi.
The National Union of Students
vii.
Over 300,000 individuals who have signed the
petition for a People’s Vote
Council believes:
- That the
post-Brexit arrangements currently
being put forward would leave the UK worse off than if it remained
an EU member state
- That as a
result, they would harm the welfare of Haringey residents and the
population of the UK as a whole
- That the loss
of the benefits of UK membership of the EU will adversely affect
the Council’s ability to provide services to the residents of
Haringey
- That the
Brexit vote has created justified
anxiety amongst citizens of the EU27 countries residing in
Haringey, and throughout the UK; and that the government has not
taken sufficient steps to reassure them
Council believes in light of this:
- That the
final say on Britain’s future relationship with the EU should
be made by the people not politicians
Council resolves:
- To support
the call for a People’s Vote on any final Brexit deal with an option to remain in the EU; and
therefore
- Ask the
leader of the Council to contact the People’s Vote campaign
to communicate Council’s support
- That in order
to exert pressure for a desirable outcome in parliament, it will
ask the leader of the Council to write to the leader of every party
represented in the House of Commons, asking them to support a
People’s Vote or, where appropriate, thanking them for
already doing so
- That the
leader should write to other London boroughs requesting that given
the importance and imminence of Brexit
they debate the People’s Vote soon, if they have not already
done so
- To fly the
Flag of Europe on civic buildings regularly between now and March
29th 2019 to signal solidarity with EU27 citizens living
in Haringey
- To ask the
leader to write to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities
and Local Government making a request under the Sustainable
Communities Act 2007 for all governmental departmental information
and analysis pertaining to the impacts upon Haringey’s
communities and businesses of the UK’s withdrawal from the
EU
- To ask the
Cabinet to publish a report on contingencies in the event of
Britain leaving the EU