Ward(s) affected:
All
Proposer:
Councillor Allbrooke
Seconder:
Councillor
Hills
NOTICE OF
MOTION
Green Group
This council notes:
- Recent government plans to amend
or scrap crucial environmental laws which protect some of our most
vulnerable nature and wildlife protections across the
UK.
- Broken promises and commitments
from Government to ban harmful practices like the importing of Foie
Gras and of fur
- the extraordinary number of
environmental charities that have called out the governments attack
on nature, including the RSPB and The Wildlife Trusts
[1]
This council resolves
to:
- Request the Chief Executive write
to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
outlining this council’s wish for strong animal welfare and
nature protection legislation
- Request a report to the Tourism,
Equalities, Communities and Culture committee exploring a ban on
the product 'foie gras' made by force-feeding animals at events
organised on council-owned land
- Call for restaurants and retailers
who still sell foie gras to cease, securing Brighton & Hove as
a 'Foie Gras Free City'
- Endorse Animal Equality UK's
campaign to ban Foie Gras
- Request a report to a future
meeting of the Children, Young People and Skills committee
outlining the progress made the ‘Our City, our World’
environmental education programme in expanding young people’s
knowledge and access to nature and the environment
Supporting Information:
[1]
Green charities urge millions of members to oppose Tories’
‘attack on nature’ | Environmental activism | The
Guardian