Meeting Details

This Council believes that a disability or health condition should not dictate the path a person is able to take in life and especially in the workplace.  There is overwhelming evidence that good quality employment is essential for a person’s health and wellbeing, providing them not only with an income but also with status, purpose and positive relationships with others.

We recognise, however, that for some people with a disability or health condition there are still barriers inside and outside the workplace that can make it difficult to gain or retain employment.  We know that there are people within this County experiencing worklessness because of mental health problems and long-term conditions, and that this is a particular difficulty for those in some of our more deprived areas, and vulnerable groups such as care leavers.

In 2016 the Government published and consulted upon its ‘Work, Health and Disability’ green paper.  It then responded to the outcomes of that consultation in 2017 by publishing an updated paper, ‘Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability’, with a stated aim to ‘transform employment prospects for disabled people and those with long term health conditions over the next 10 years’.

The focus on Brexit over the past two years slowed progress on this and other domestic policy matters, but in June 2019 new measures were announced to tackle the barriers faced by disabled people.

In light of these developments this Council will consider what more it can do to transform employment prospects for people with disabilities and health conditions in Nottinghamshire.  We recognise the good work already being carried out by officers, for example in our i-Work team, to open pathways for people to obtain quality, rewarding, lasting employment.

We commit to investigate what further proactive, cost-effective measures can be taken across all areas of our work to encourage a local mind-set focused on what people can do, rather than what they cannot.  This will be a wide-ranging, ongoing project anchored with the Policy Committee but will also see our individual service committees apply this principle in the areas of work most relevant to their remit.

Councillor Kay Cutts MBE                      Councillor Steve Vickers

This Council shares the public’s concern about the negative health and environmental impact of drivers leaving their engines idling when they have stopped or parked on our highways for an extended period of time.  This is particularly unacceptable when it happens outside schools, subjecting children to an increased risk of breathing in toxic fumes that can cause short-term respiratory problems and longer-term damage to health.

We recognise that discussions are ongoing at national government level about strengthening current laws and penalties to tackle engine idling, and we are determined to do what we can within this Council’s remit to reduce this threat, especially to the health of our young people.

This Council therefore requests the Children and Young People’s Committee to oversee the design and implementation of a ‘No Idling Schools Toolkit’ pilot scheme.  We will initially seek to recruit a small group of Nottinghamshire schools willing to test this toolkit with parents and children and feed back to us on the results.  The Council would provide the necessary support to promote the pilot and measure its success.  The outcomes will be reported to Policy Committee, which will then determine whether this toolkit should be offered to other schools across the county.

This Council also requests the Communities and Place Review and Development Committee to investigate the issue of engine idling and recommend to Policy Committee what, if any, other practical and cost-effective measures could be taken to reduce such incidents.

Councillor Neil Clarke MBE           Councillor Philip Owen

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        60 - Points of Order and Personal Explanations

        79 - Disorderly conduct

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        Constituency Issues

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        Petitions

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        Questions to Committee Chairmen

        32 - up to 60 minutes allowed

        Adjournment Debates

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        75 - any other Councillor has up to 3 minutes

        76 - relevant Committee Chairman has up to 5 minutes to reply

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