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RESOLVED: That Council resolves: (a) To oppose the introduction of any mandatory digital ID requirements affecting residents beyond those already set out in law, and to oppose any expansion that makes access to essential public services contingent on holding a digital ID; (b) To request that the Leader of the Council and the Chief Executive write to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, the Minister for Digital Infrastructure, and the Members of Parliament for our Council area stating this Council’s opposition to compulsion, and calling for any digital identity scheme to be strictly optional with robust offline alternatives, statutory privacy safeguards, and full parliamentary scrutiny; and (c) To work with local voluntary, digital inclusion and civil liberties groups to ensure that no resident in Flintshire is penalised or excluded by any national identification scheme, and to publish clear signposting to non-digital routes for Council services. Notice of Motion 6: End of School Visit Hypocracy Councillor Coggins Cogan presented the Notice of Motion which was seconded by Councillor Parkhurst. Following the debate, a recorded vote was requested to which the requisite number of Members stood in support. For the Motion: Councillors: Mike Allport, Gillian Brockley, David Coggins Cogan, Adele Davies-Cooke, Carol Ellis, Dennis Hutchinson, Alasdair Ibbotson, Richard Lloyd, David Mackie, Andrew Parkhurst, Mike Peers, Carolyn Preece, David Richardson, Dan Rose, Jason Shallcross, Sam Swash and Linda Thew. Against the Motion: Councillors: Glyn Banks, Sean Bibby, Chris Bithell, Helen Brown, Mel Buckley, Tina Claydon, Rob Davies, Ron Davies, Chris Dolphin, Rosetta Dolphin, Mared Eastwood, David Evans, Gladys Healey, Ian Hodge, Dave Hughes, Paul Johnson, Christine Jones, Richard Jones, Simon Jones, Allan Marshall, Ryan McKeown, Billy Mullin, Ted Palmer, Ian Roberts, Kevin Rush, Linda Thomas and Arnold Woolley. Abstentions: Councillors: Teresa Carberry, Steve Copple, Paul Cunningham, Fran Lister, Debbie Owen and Roy Wakelam. RESOLVED: That the Notice of Motion was lost. Notice of Motion 8: Fair Rewards for Strong Performance Councillor Coggins Cogan presented the Notice of Motion which was seconded by Councillor Parkhurst. On being put to the vote, the Motion was supported. RESOLVED: That Council resolves: 1. To call upon Welsh Government to implement the following policy: a) Establish clear, national NNDR collection targets for each council in Wales, taking account of local circumstances but ensuring that all councils are expected to meet high, achievable standards; b) Introduce a mechanism whereby, if a council’s NNDR collection rate falls below its agreed target, a corresponding percentage of its subsequent year allocation from the NNDR Pool is withheld; c) Create a performance fund from any such withheld amounts, to be redistributed to councils that meet or exceed their NNDR collection targets, in proportion to the extent of their over performance; and d) Ensure that any future requests or expectations placed on councils to recruit additional NNDR revenue staff are accompanied by a funding framework that allows net-contributing, high-performing councils such as Flintshire to retain a fair share of the additional income generated, rather than further subsidising authorities that fail to meet national collection targets. 2. To request the Leader of the Council and Chief Executive, in consultation with the Corporate Finance Manager, to write to the Minister for Finance and Local Government, local Members of the Senedd, and the Welsh Local Government Association, setting out this Council’s position and urging Welsh Government to bring forward proposals for a collection performance-based reform of NNDR distribution.
RESOLVED: That Council reappoints Mark Morgan to the Standards Committee for four years.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: That Council resolves: (a) To oppose the introduction of any mandatory digital ID requirements affecting residents beyond those already set out in law, and to oppose any expansion that makes access to essential public services contingent on holding a digital ID; (b) To request that the Leader of the Council and the Chief Executive write to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, the Minister for Digital Infrastructure, and the Members of Parliament for our Council area stating this Council’s opposition to compulsion, and calling for any digital identity scheme to be strictly optional with robust offline alternatives, statutory privacy safeguards, and full parliamentary scrutiny; and (c) To work with local voluntary, digital inclusion and civil liberties groups to ensure that no resident in Flintshire is penalised or excluded by any national identification scheme, and to publish clear signposting to non-digital routes for Council services. Notice of Motion 6: End of School Visit Hypocracy Councillor Coggins Cogan presented the Notice of Motion which was seconded by Councillor Parkhurst. Following the debate, a recorded vote was requested to which the requisite number of Members stood in support. For the Motion: Councillors: Mike Allport, Gillian Brockley, David Coggins Cogan, Adele Davies-Cooke, Carol Ellis, Dennis Hutchinson, Alasdair Ibbotson, Richard Lloyd, David Mackie, Andrew Parkhurst, Mike Peers, Carolyn Preece, David Richardson, Dan Rose, Jason Shallcross, Sam Swash and Linda Thew. Against the Motion: Councillors: Glyn Banks, Sean Bibby, Chris Bithell, Helen Brown, Mel Buckley, Tina Claydon, Rob Davies, Ron Davies, Chris Dolphin, Rosetta Dolphin, Mared Eastwood, David Evans, Gladys Healey, Ian Hodge, Dave Hughes, Paul Johnson, Christine Jones, Richard Jones, Simon Jones, Allan Marshall, Ryan McKeown, Billy Mullin, Ted Palmer, Ian Roberts, Kevin Rush, Linda Thomas and Arnold Woolley. Abstentions: Councillors: Teresa Carberry, Steve Copple, Paul Cunningham, Fran Lister, Debbie Owen and Roy Wakelam. RESOLVED: That the Notice of Motion was lost. Notice of Motion 8: Fair Rewards for Strong Performance Councillor Coggins Cogan presented the Notice of Motion which was seconded by Councillor Parkhurst. On being put to the vote, the Motion was supported. RESOLVED: That Council resolves: 1. To call upon Welsh Government to implement the following policy: a) Establish clear, national NNDR collection targets for each council in Wales, taking account of local circumstances but ensuring that all councils are expected to meet high, achievable standards; b) Introduce a mechanism whereby, if a council’s NNDR collection rate falls below its agreed target, a corresponding percentage of its subsequent year allocation from the NNDR Pool is withheld; c) Create a performance fund from any such withheld amounts, to be redistributed to councils that meet or exceed their NNDR collection targets, in proportion to the extent of their over performance; and d) Ensure that any future requests or expectations placed on councils to recruit additional NNDR revenue staff are accompanied by a funding framework that allows net-contributing, high-performing councils such as Flintshire to retain a fair share of the additional income generated, rather than further subsidising authorities that fail to meet national collection targets. 2. To request the Leader of the Council and Chief Executive, in consultation with the Corporate Finance Manager, to write to the Minister for Finance and Local Government, local Members of the Senedd, and the Welsh Local Government Association, setting out this Council’s position and urging Welsh Government to bring forward proposals for a collection performance-based reform of NNDR distribution.
Notice of Motion 5: No to Compulsory Digital IDs Councillor Parkhurst presented the Notice of Motion which was seconded by Councillor Coggins Cogan. Following an amendment moved by Councillor Bibby and clarification given by the Chief Officer (Governance), mutual agreement was reached with the mover and seconder of the original motion. On being put to the vote, this was carried. RESOLVED: That Council resolves: (a) To oppose the introduction of any mandatory digital ID requirements affecting residents beyond those already set out in law, and to oppose any expansion that makes access to essential public services contingent on holding a digital ID; (b) To request that the Leader of the Council and the Chief Executive write to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, the Minister for Digital Infrastructure, and the Members of Parliament for our Council area stating this Council’s opposition to compulsion, and calling for any digital identity scheme to be strictly optional with robust offline alternatives, statutory privacy safeguards, and full parliamentary scrutiny; and (c) To work with local voluntary, digital inclusion and civil liberties groups to ensure that no resident in Flintshire is penalised or excluded by any national identification scheme, and to publish clear signposting to non-digital routes for Council services. Notice of Motion 6: End of School Visit Hypocracy Councillor Coggins Cogan presented the Notice of Motion which was seconded by Councillor Parkhurst. Following the debate, a recorded vote was requested to which the requisite number of Members stood in support. For the Motion: Councillors: Mike Allport, Gillian Brockley, David Coggins Cogan, Adele Davies-Cooke, Carol Ellis, Dennis Hutchinson, Alasdair Ibbotson, Richard Lloyd, David Mackie, Andrew Parkhurst, Mike Peers, Carolyn Preece, David Richardson, Dan Rose, Jason Shallcross, Sam Swash and Linda Thew. Against the Motion: Councillors: Glyn Banks, Sean Bibby, Chris Bithell, Helen Brown, Mel Buckley, Tina Claydon, Rob Davies, Ron Davies, Chris Dolphin, Rosetta Dolphin, Mared Eastwood, David Evans, Gladys Healey, Ian Hodge, Dave Hughes, Paul Johnson, Christine Jones, Richard Jones, Simon Jones, Allan Marshall, Ryan McKeown, Billy Mullin, Ted Palmer, Ian Roberts, Kevin Rush, Linda Thomas and Arnold Woolley. Abstentions: Councillors: Teresa Carberry, Steve Copple, Paul Cunningham, Fran Lister, Debbie Owen and Roy Wakelam. RESOLVED: That the Notice of Motion was lost. Notice of Motion 8: Fair Rewards for Strong Performance Councillor Coggins Cogan presented the Notice of Motion which was seconded by Councillor Parkhurst. On being put to the vote, the Motion was supported. RESOLVED: That Council resolves: 1. To call upon Welsh Government to implement the following policy: a) Establish clear, national NNDR collection targets for each council in Wales, taking account of local circumstances but ensuring that all councils are expected to meet high, achievable standards; b) Introduce a mechanism whereby, if a council’s NNDR collection rate falls below its agreed target, a corresponding percentage of its subsequent year allocation from the NNDR Pool is withheld; c) Create a performance fund from any such withheld amounts, to be redistributed to councils that meet or exceed their NNDR collection targets, in proportion to the extent of their over performance; and d) Ensure that any future requests or expectations placed on councils to recruit additional NNDR revenue staff are accompanied by a funding framework that allows net-contributing, high-performing councils such as Flintshire to retain a fair share of the additional income generated, rather than further subsidising authorities that fail to meet national collection targets. 2. To request the Leader of the Council and Chief Executive, in consultation with the Corporate Finance Manager, to write to the Minister for Finance and Local Government, local Members of the Senedd, and the Welsh Local Government Association, setting out this Council’s position and urging Welsh Government to bring forward proposals for a collection performance-based reform of NNDR distribution.
A total of 22 Questions had been deferred from the first part of the meeting held on 3 December 2025. The questions were read out in turn by the Members who had submitted them and responses given by relevant Cabinet Members. (Agenda item 15) Questions 4, 5, 6 and 19 would be deferred to the next scheduled meeting as the initiators (Councillors Chrissy Gee and Carolyn Preece) were not in attendance. Members who had submitted questions were given the opportunity to ask supplementary questions to which Cabinet Members provided verbal responses. Councillor Coggins Cogan asked that the minutes reflect that a specific response was not given to his supplementary question. Written responses would be circulated to supplementary questions 1, 2, 13 and 18.
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Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: That Council reappoints Mark Morgan to the Standards Committee for four years.
The Chief Officer (Governance) presented the report (agenda item 17) to consider re?appointing a co-opted member to the Standards Committee for a further term. An amendment proposed by Councillor Peers in respect of the term of office was put to the vote, this was lost. A further amendment was moved by Councillor Ibbotson to re-advertise the position. Procedural Motions During discussion, a procedural motion was proposed by Councillor Parkhurst to move the meeting into closed session. Councillor Palmer proposed a closure motion to conclude discussion on the item and proceed to a vote. Following further debate and advice on procedural matters, the Chair asked that Members vote on moving into closed session. As the vote was lost, the meeting remained in open session. The closure motion proposed by Councillor Palmer was seconded by Councillor Simon Jones. At this point, the Chair’s decision was that the item had been sufficiently debated and the procedural motion was put to the vote and carried. Having been moved by Councillor Chris Bithell, the substantive motion was put to the vote and carried. RESOLVED: That Council reappoints Mark Morgan to the Standards Committee for four years.
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