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Minutes

Full council, 17 July 2019: a named vote on the motion.

For 1, Against 1, Abstained 0.

Party in overall control of the council on the date: Labour. Each councillor's party is the one the council recorded for them at the time.

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Against (1)

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r Sharmina August both spoke in favour of the motion. Councillors Les Turner, Lewis Nelson, Derek Antrobus, Karen Garrido, Robin Garrido and Ari Leitner and the City Mayor all added their own support for the motion. Councillor Les Turner and Robin Garrido said, while the Conservative Group wholeheartedly agreed with the motion as submitted, they could not similarly endorse the sentiment of some of the comments which had been made in support of it. RESOLVED: THAT the motion, as moved by Councillor Kate Lewis and detailed above, be unanimously approved and adopted. 15. STATEMENT OF THE CITY MAYOR The City Mayor made a number of announcements, highlighted issues and made comments as follows:- (a) Building on the success of 2018's initiative and as part of Salford's wider Anti Poverty Strategy, in conjunction with Booths Charities, the Healthy Holidays Food Vouchers scheme had been launched. Administered through the Salford Assist programme, it would help eligible families with the cost of food during the school summer holidays, through the provision of £30 grocery vouchers. (b) Britain's housing system was not delivering the homes that were needed, or people could afford. This failing was rooted in the National Planning Policy Framework, which had been introduced in 2012 and favoured developers, by focussing primarily on quantity, rather than making a distinction between different types of housing and reflecting the actual needs of the country and its people. Against this backgr

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