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(Mayor N Redfearn left the meeting at this point)
It was moved by Councillor Erin Parker Leonard seconded by Councillor Karen Clark that:
When the new North East Mayoral Combined Authority (NEMCA) comes into being in 2024, it will be responsible for the aspirations and life chances of over one million women and girls living in County Durham, Sunderland, South Tyneside, Gateshead, North Tyneside, Northumberland and Newcastle.
It can be tempting for policy makers to think that women and men use public services in the same way, but this is often not the case. Considering the specific needs of women and girls from the beginning results in better policy making, that works for everyone.
We call upon the Mayor to support One Million Women and Girls campaign to ensure that NEMCA should explicitly consider the specific impact on women and girls in every policy/strategy developed, seeking to maximize positive and mitigate negative impacts on the one million women and girls who will be directly affected by any decisions.
An amendment was moved by Councillor Judith Wallace and seconded by Councillor Pam McIntyre as follows:
In the second paragraph, after women and girls, add ‘and men and boys’.
At the end of the third paragraph add ‘and to explicitly consider the specific impacts on men and boys, to maximise positive and mitigate negative impacts, to ensure holistic policy making.’
The amended motion therefore read:
When the new North East Mayoral Combined Authority (NEMCA) comes into being in 2024, it will be responsible for the aspirations and life chances of over one million women and girls living in County Durham, Sunderland, South Tyneside, Gateshead, North Tyneside, Northumberland and Newcastle.
It can be tempting for policy makers to think that women and men use public services in the same way, but this is often not the case. Considering the specific needs of women and girls and men and boys from the beginning results in better policy making, that works for everyone.
We call upon the Mayor to support One Million Women and Girls campaign to ensure that NEMCA should explicitly consider the specific impact on women and girls in every policy/strategy developed, seeking to maximize positive and mitigate negative impacts on the one million women and girls who will be directly affected by any decisions and to explicitly consider the specific impacts on men and boys, to maximise positive and mitigate negative impacts, to ensure holistic policy making.
A named vote on the amendment was requested by two members present.
Votes for the Amendment:
Councillors P McIntyre, J Wallace.
Votes against the Amendment:
Councillors L Bartoli, L Bones, G Bell, L Bell, S Burtenshaw, K Clark, D Cox, S Cox, N Craven, J Cruddas, E Darke, C Davis, D Drummond, P Earley, S Graham, I Grayson, M Hall, J Harrison, A Holdsworth, Janet Hunter, V Jamieson, C Johnson, H Johnson, J Johnsson, C Johnston, J Kirwan, F Lott, W Lott, L Marshall, I McAlpine, A McMullen, J Mudzingwa, T Mulvenna, M Murphy, T Neira, A Newman, P Oliver, R O’Keefe, J O'Shea, S Phillips, E Parker-Leonard, B Pickard, N Redfearn, W Samuel, O Scargill, J Shaw, A Spowart, M Thirlaway, J Walker, M Wilson.
The amendment was rejected by 49 votes to 2 votes.
A named vote on the substantive motion was requested by two members present, and on being put to the meeting, was approved unanimously.
(Mayor N Redfearn returned to the meeting at this point)4