Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member for Economic Development, Wellbeing, Culture and Public Realm

Introducing the item, the Cabinet Member for Economic Development, Wellbeing, Culture and Public Realm said that following Members’ agreement in November 2025 to promote the Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill, it was duly deposited in parliament in line with statutory requirements, and has progressed well and unopposed.  It will be considered by a Commons select committee tomorrow (24 March), then proceed to the reports stage, and conclude its scrutiny with a third reading in the House of Commons.

A quirk of this private bill procedure is the requirement of the promoting local authority to pass a confirmatory resolution after the bill is deposited in Parliament, the rationale being to allow the opportunity to reconsider the position once the deposit has taken place.  The confirmatory resolution must be approved at a meeting of Full Council. 

A Member pointed out that the date of the Equality Impact Assessment was not properly displayed.  The Cabinet Member for Economic Development, Wellbeing, Culture and Public Realm confirmed that this would be corrected.

There was no debate. 

The Mayor thanked the Head of Public Protection and the OneLegal team for all their work getting this through the bureaucratic process and back to Council.

RESOLVED THAT:

1.    the resolution of this Council passed at a meeting of the Council held on Monday 17 November 2025 to promote a Bill in the present Session of Parliament, pursuant to which the Bill, entitled “A Bill to make provision for the repeal of section 83 of the Cheltenham Improvement Act 1852 and for connected purposes”, has been deposited in Parliament, is hereby confirmed.       

Unanimous