Agenda item

In accordance with the Constitution, motions on notice must be signed by at least two Members and be about matters for which the Council has a responsibility or which affect the Melton Borough.

 

The following motion was received from Councillor Butcher (Seconded by Councillor Higgins).

 

This Council applauds the huge contribution that retail and supermarket workers have made in recent years in helping our local community, particularly during the pandemic and wishes to thank them for their hard work and dedication. 

 

Everyone should have the right to work in safety and free from violence and abuse especially when bravely tackling shop thefts or criminal damage to property.  Especially in the run up to Christmas.

It is alarming to hear directly from employees in the Melton area of such abuses being faced recently and this is not just a local issue but across the country as reported by supermarket CEOs. 

 

This Council condemns any abuse suffered by our retail workers and calls on all partners to ensure that retail and supermarket workers can have confidence that their reports of such behaviour are acted on swiftly and appropriately.

 

And the Council tasks to the Leader and Deputy Leader to write to our partners: the Police Crime Commissioner, the Inspector of Melton Police Station and Youth Services at Leicestershire County Council to endorse this approach.

The following motion was received from Councillor Butcher (Seconded by Councillor Higgins).

 

This Council applauds the huge contribution that retail and supermarket workers have made in recent years in helping our local community, particularly during the pandemic and wishes to thank them for their hard work and dedication.

 

Everyone should have the right to work in safety and free from violence and abuse especially when bravely tackling shop thefts or criminal damage to property. Especially in the run up to Christmas.

 

It is alarming to hear directly from employees in the Melton area of such abuses being faced recently and this is not just a local issue but across the country as reported by supermarket CEOs.

 

This Council condemns any abuse suffered by our retail workers and calls on all partners to ensure that retail and supermarket workers can have confidence that their reports of such behaviour are acted on swiftly and appropriately.

 

And the Council tasks to the Leader and Deputy Leader to write to our partners: the Police Crime Commissioner, the Inspector of Melton Police Station and Youth Services at Leicestershire County Council to endorse this approach.

 

Councillor Graham proposed the following amendment to the motion (Seconded by Councillor J Orson).

 

That the following paragraph be deleted:

 

And the Council tasks to the Leader and Deputy Leader to write to our partners: the Police Crime Commissioner, the Inspector of Melton Police Station and Youth Services at Leicestershire County Council to endorse this approach.

 

And replaced with:

 

And the Council tasks the Leader and Deputy Leader to write to the Chair of the Melton Safer Community Partnership, highlighting the issues in the paragraphs above and ask for a report on what the Melton Safer Community Partnership intend to do to be brought back to this Council in time for the Council meeting on 18 April 2024.

 

The proposer and seconder of the motion accepted the amendment, therefore the motion was changed to the following:

 

This Council applauds the huge contribution that retail and supermarket workers have made in recent years in helping our local community, particularly during the pandemic and wishes to thank them for their hard work and dedication.

 

Everyone should have the right to work in safety and free from violence and abuse especially when bravely tackling shop thefts or criminal damage to property. Especially in the run up to Christmas.

 

It is alarming to hear directly from employees in the Melton area of such abuses being faced recently and this is not just a local issue but across the country as reported by supermarket CEOs.

 

This Council condemns any abuse suffered by our retail workers and calls on all partners to ensure that retail and supermarket workers can have confidence that their reports of such behaviour are acted on swiftly and appropriately.

 

And the Council tasks the Leader and Deputy Leader to write to the Chair of the Melton Safer Community Partnership, highlighting the issues in the paragraphs above and ask for a report on what the Melton Safer Community Partnership intend to do to be brought back to this Council in time for the Council meeting on 18 April 2024.

 

During the debate, the following points were made:

·       A Member noted that a lot of crime prevention work has been carried out, however there is still a huge problem.

·       The amendment was welcomed as it was deemed that the Melton Safer Community Partnership was the most appropriate place to address the issue because all the key partners attend the partnership’s meetings.

 

RESOLVED

 

Council

 

Condemns any abuse suffered by our retail workers and calls on all partners to ensure that retail and supermarket workers can have confidence that their reports of such behaviour are acted on swiftly and appropriately.

 

And tasks the Leader and Deputy Leader to write to the Chair of the Melton Safer Community Partnership, highlighting the issues in the motion and asks for a report on what the Melton Safer Community Partnership intend to do, to be brought back for consideration by Council at the meeting on 18 April 2024.

 

(Unanimous)