Public Issues
To receive any public questions, statements or petitions submitted in accordance with the Constitution. Further information on the requirements for submitting these is available to view at the following link:-
https://democracy.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CommitteeID=151&Info=1&bcr=1
The deadline for the submission of public questions is 4 clear working days before the meeting.
The deadline for the submission of a statement is midday the working day before the meeting.
The deadline for the submission of a petition is 10 working days before the meeting.
Decision:
The Leader advised that there had been no statements or petitions received on this occasion but that one question had been received from a member of the public.
Question from Soo Chapman (Agenda Item 6 – Corporate Strategy and Agenda Item 7 – Budget and Medium Term Financial Plan)
Councillors rightly praise young Issey for her tree-planting Jubilee campaign. Unfortunately as the gas-chambering of our atmosphere mounts to a terrifying 420 ppm CO2 Issey's generation are not being advised on how they salvage and survive the frightening impacts predicted.
Repair Cafes, a zero-carbon, zero-waste programme and respect for the living world should be prioritised and advertised in libraries and leaflets.
Please could BCP's funding focus incentivise our natural assets, turn from deadly fossil fuels and concreting over vanishing wildlife, while investing in renewables, backing community growing schemes, regenerative agriculture and a circular economy?
Response by
I would like to thank Mrs Chapman for her suggestions, which will, I am sure be considered alongside others as we progress towards our twin aims of the Council’s own operations becoming Carbon neutral by 2030, and the whole BCP area becoming Carbon neutral by 2030 at latest.
With the doubling of the money available to spend on Climate Action contained within the Council budget being proposed today, and the game-changing announcement of up to £20 million capital for a Green Futures Fund, there can be no doubt that the Council is far better prepared and better placed to achieve our aims than could possibly have been imagined before the Conservatives took responsibility in late 2020.
Minutes:
The Leader advised that there had been no statements or petitions received on this occasion but that one question had been received from a member of the public.
Question from Soo Chapman (Agenda Item 6 – Corporate Strategy and Agenda Item 7 – Budget and Medium Term Financial Plan)
Councillors rightly praise young Issey for her tree-planting Jubilee campaign. Unfortunately as the gas-chambering of our atmosphere mounts to a terrifying 420 ppm CO2 Issey's generation are not being advised on how they salvage and survive the frightening impacts predicted.
Repair Cafes, a zero-carbon, zero-waste programme and respect for the living world should be prioritised and advertised in libraries and leaflets.
Please could BCP's funding focus incentivise our natural assets, turn from deadly fossil fuels and concreting over vanishing wildlife, while investing in renewables, backing community growing schemes, regenerative agriculture and a circular economy?
Response by the Portfolio Holder for Sustainability and Transport
I would like to thank Mrs Chapman for her suggestions, which will, I am sure be considered alongside others as we progress towards our twin aims of the Council’s own operations becoming Carbon neutral by 2030, and the whole BCP area becoming Carbon neutral by 2030 at latest.
With the doubling of the money available to spend on Climate Action contained within the Council budget being proposed today, and the game-changing announcement of up to £20 million capital for a Green Futures Fund, there can be no doubt that the Council is far better prepared and better placed to achieve our aims than could possibly have been imagined before the Conservatives took responsibility in late 2020.